Don't get old, mother. Until the day we meet.

There was a poet from North Korea in the first reunion held after the June 15th Joint Declaration in 2000. His name was Yeongjae Oh and he was a poet laureate decorated by the Kim Ilseong Award, the biggest honor in North Korea. After moving to the North as a volunteer soldier at the young age of sixteen, he spent all his life separated from his family.

My hometown I dearly miss like I miss my mother!

Gyeongju Lee moved to South Korea by himself as a refugee in December 1950 to flee the Korean War. He believed he would be able to return to his hometown in a week's time. It never occurred to him at that time that it would be the very last time he would see his mother and sisters in North Korea.

Brother, we have been well.

On the 17th of April in 1968, all of the seven sailors on the ship Changyeong, which was operating in the East Sea on the day, were abducted by North Korea. 34 years later in September 2002, Jangbaek Jeong, one of the sailors, shed tears while holding his mother at Mt. Geumgang, where the 5th separated family reunion was held.

My brother who was young and sweet, please stay alive!

In 1970, radio-communication ship 1-2 was unexpectedly attacked by the North Korean Navy, which had a guided missile medium patrol killer. All of the 20 crew members were abducted by North Korea and it is not even known whether they are still alive or not.