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November 05, 2024
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Seoul proposes system to inform families if relatives in North Korea are alive

Unification ministry says over 42,000 South Koreans, most elderly, still wish to reunite with separated loved ones

Seoul’s unification ministry has proposed establishing a system that would allow South Koreans separated from family members in North Korea to confirm whether their relatives are still alive.

In a new plan for addressing separated family issues released Tuesday, the ministry states that the system would be able to notify family members in the South when their loved ones in the DPRK die.

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