Reuniting families separated by the decades-long division of the Korean Peninsula is “the most pressing task” of the South Korean government, President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Sunday, blaming North Korea for the lack of reunions in recent years.
Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho read out Yoon’s remarks at an event to mark the second Separated Families Day, a commemorative day established by the Yoon government last year.
Reuniting families separated by the decades-long division of the Korean Peninsula is “the most pressing task” of the South Korean government, President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Sunday, blaming North Korea for the lack of reunions in recent years.
Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho read out Yoon’s remarks at an event to mark the second Separated Families Day, a commemorative day established by the Yoon government last year.
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