FAMILIES STILL FIGHTING FOR Men’ Identification
Ms. Son is also able to recall her father’s tales from his time living in the South.
” He made me memorise his defense range, K11, and warned me not to write it down because it could obtain me killed”, she said.  ,
” Just in case reconciliation occurred, I kept it in my remembrance along with the names of my parents and his home.”
Recalling the cross- Asian summit in 2000, Ms Son said:” When South Korean president Kim Dae- lee went to North Korea, at that time, no every house had a Television.  ,
” Our father, the prisoners of war, went to the homes that had Monitors to see the visit of the world’s head. The prisoners of war wondered if they would be mentioned, but there was n’t a one word about them.”
She added that some people are still fighting to have their company recognized by the South Korean government.  ,
For the time being, those who never return are flagged as missing or assumed to be useless and are not recognized as combat soldiers.
Unification, according to Mr. Gordon Kang, senior researcher at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, is still a top priority for South Korea as a country, and allowing these South Koreans who are still interning in North Korea to profit.  ,
But under current geopolitical situation, it is” difficult” to envision reconciliation happening in the near term, he told CNA’s East Asia Tonight on Tuesday ( July 25 ).