Tongilchon in South Korea is near the DMZ
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Elderly residents walk in front of a bus stop in Tongilchon, South Korea
Cars drive along a road past signage for Pyongyang and the village of Tongilchon
Visitors take photos in South Korea's Tongilchon, or Unification Village
Their village is just a stone's throw from North Korea. So whatever their political leanings, Tongilchon residents all want one thing: a South…
The reunions at Kumgang were testament to the devastating human cost of the Korean peninsula's division
The reunions were marked by emotional scenes of families tearfully reuniting after decades apart
Since 1988, around 130,000 South Koreans have registered their 'separated families'
North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the Korean War and the division of the co…