Courtney McColley- Families split by the Korean War get the rare chance to reunite

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/18/asia/korea-family-reunions-intl/index.html

On Monday, August 20 a small number of chosen families had the extremely rare chance to reunite with long-lost loved ones. At the start of the Korean War, over tens of thousands of families were separated while fleeing from North Korea. The Korean Red Cross has worked to reunite families but due to stuff, only a select few are chosen based on age and factors. One woman, Lee Keum-seom, was separated from her husband and 4-year-old son while stopping to breastfeed her baby. It has been 68 years since she last saw them. Her husband passed before the reunion, but her son is now 72 years old. She was one of the 93 people who got to see their families again. But the other 50,000+ applicants must patiently wait to hear any news about their loved ones on the other side of the DMZ.

This article was written on August 19, 2018. This heartbreaking tragedy is very similar to the separation of families at the US and Mexican border due to Trump's recent immigration laws. I think this article was written to inform people about the effects of the war on the people of North and South  Korea and the current relations between the two countries.  They are working towards signing a peace treaty and ending the Korean War.  It's very important for the countries to work together to try and reunite as many families as possible. Even years later the split between the countries caused the horror of war to be evident in their everyday lives.