“Saet-byeol, it’s me, Kang Song-jeol, your younger sister. When will we meet again?”
The Korean War erupted on June 25, 1950, leading to the separation of approximately ten million families on the Korean Peninsula. Kang Song-jeol left her hometown of Sinpo, North Korea, at the age of 11, leaving behind her 12-year-old sister, Saet-byeol. Her grandfather promised they would return in three months, but that promise has remained unfulfilled for seven decades, blocked by the barbed wire dividing North and South Korea.
