'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Photo Fwd: A brief reunion and tearful farewell [이산 가족 상봉] 짧은 재결합과 눈물의 이별

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Hankyoreh
A brief reunion and tearful farewell
Posted on : Nov.1,2010

Kim Seong-bae, 68, wipes away tears with his sleeve as separated family members from North Korea depart aboard buses. Separated family members from North Korea and South Korea met at Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea and had lunch together on Oct. 31, the second day of the family reunions. This event marked the first three-day reunion held in thirteen months.

A total of 533 people from 97 families held group and individual meetings at the first reunions from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. The family members had been separated during the 1950-53 Korean War. In particular, four North Koreans who were South Korean soldiers during the war participated for the first time in the history of inter-Korean reunions. They included Li Jong-ryul, 90, the oldest representative from North Korea. Li met his son, who was a 100-day old baby when they were separated.

South Korea estimates that 500 South Korean POWs are still alive in North Korea, although the government declared them dead in 1957. North Korea, however, denies the existence of South Korean POWs, claiming that they all voluntarily chose North Korea.

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