Korean families reunite in North after 70 years
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2018
- Torn apart by war for more than 60 years, dozens of families from North and South Korea broke down in tears as they were allowed to meet relatives they hadn't seen or heard from in decades.
It was the first time in three years that the North has permitted such reunions, all the more precious as previous participants have not been authorised to meet again.
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So sad... 92 years old mother is meeting her 71 years old son after 68 years.. When the son was 3 years old and the mother was
24 years old, they separated.
What a fucking dagger to the heart, man.
Her mother looks more healthy than her own son.
I cried just watching this
When will thus kim jong un dies????😡😡😡😡😡😡
@@jaysonbalani1466 There are rumors going on right now that he is dead or at least in a vegetative state after a stent surgery.
I’m not Korean. But as a human being, I can feel their emotions and I cannot help crying.
this was 4 years ago
@@BlueHuesStudios What's your point with this comment? Is it prohibited to comment or get emotional on a 4 year old video?
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Now I think about the other family that didn’t get chosen
Must have been heartbroken for them that they couldn’t get a chance
Yeah, definitely. My grandpa was one of those people who escaped from the North during the Korean war. He was 14 years old and came all the way to the South by himself. He escaped with his two older siblings leaving his parents and 5 younger siblings behind but both his brother and sister were executed after they were caught leaving North. Somehow, my grandpa managed to survive by escaping jail. My mum tried to find his family members to have them met in one of these events but she had no luck. Either the waiting list was extremely long or the family was no longer living. I think she found out later that the whole family was executed after my grandpa and his siblings fled. I know he was told by his parents to flee (just the older three) because it'd be too risky with the younger ones. He passed away yesterday and I hope he's with his long lost family he's been longing to see since the day he escaped. If it weren't for his strong will to survive, I wouldn't be here today.
RIP Fras
@@angelicmelody404 That made me cry. Rip 💞💞
@@angelicmelody404 My grandpa escaped to South Korea along with his wife and all their children. The South Koreans thought he was a spy, so he was tortured and later killed. My dad and our uncles and aunties survived and moved to Seoul. My grandpa was deep in to the government of North Korea, but he escaped due to his difference with the politics of North Korea as of right now. My dad told me when North Korea is free to unite with South, he wants to visit back where he was born and raised as a childhood.
It breaks my heart that that 92 year old mother was so desperate to see her son that she wanted to run @ 2:21 breaks my freaking heart 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Notice how she pushes his handler out of the way.
I'm getting teary myself too. This is really a once in a lifetime chance. They might really not meet anymore if this peace does not last. What's more they are lot more elderly. I wish them all the best!
We hope that someday both Korea can be reunited again.
It's like East and West Germany.
@@crunchmcm8780 No. It is by far worse. By far.
@@crunchmcm8780 no it's totally different. If u take a picture of korea in the nightsky with a satellite, you can see the North is completely dark and south is full of life. North korea breaks every human rights case while South korea is evolving day by day. The longer it takes the harder it gets to reunite
This channel doesn't tell the truth..it's okay from NK to move into SK but need to declare NK as enemies...and they'll reunited with family forever..but they choose not to betray the leader NK..most of them excuse was NK leader was too great for them to betray..and this what I watch from Korean tv sh0w..
@@kozumekenma9157 South Korea's development is crazy
The last one is the most saddest as I actually watched the documentary film of her that started days prior before the left SK to go to NK. She kept the "Well, I guess it'll be ok to meet him but I have no attachment nor feelings" and the very second she sees him in person shes forces her way to him and has to be forced off of him. Now THAT is the most saddest thing. Going from the "I have no feelings" to straight up love and emotions.. And can someone stop chopping those damn onions?
Do you remember the name of the documentary? This sounds interesting.
Mother Son relation are like that it's the most lovable and pure relation
Even if you convince yourself your not Emotional to someone whom you didn't see for 70 years it's still your Mother and it's still your flesh
2:23 The 92years old mother still goes strong!
mother!! she is too strong to be waited.
We all live in only 1 planet yet we devide our self because of politics this is very sad
the truth is much more grim than you put it, it's not just politics, humans are a predatory animal. After we killed all the mega-beasts on the planet we are left with fighting each other, it is in our gene to prey on each others. million of years of evolution isn't going to change our behavior in a thousand year. If you think our default behavior is peaceful cohabitation, history tells you no.
It’s because of communism
People of North Korea have no choice in how to live ! They assimilate and bow down so their dictator or they get killed! They imprisoned an entire family down to a 2 year old for having a Bible! So it's not all they simple ! Yes we live on the same planet but some cultures want full control with out question!
I've never cried on a documentary until I saw the 92 year old mom getting reunited with her 71 year old son. 😭😭😭
Damn, they can't even hug their relatives for a long extended amount of time! Look how that lady in the dress was all on her to get off her own son.. That is so sad! They need to burst NK open to free those people, at least the ones who wants freedom. I couldn't imagine!
The people serves like "human shield" for kim Jong-un.
They need to burst south korea open to free those people, at least the ones who want freedom
IosefStallah who doesn’t want freedom? 😭
Send compasses to North Korea using wish .com
@@SuperGoliath56 wtf North Korean people need freedom not South Korea. They have enough freedom
Korea's history is very very sad. I cry everytime when i think od this. Bless you Korean beautiful people
My grandmother was there and met her big brother.. was so sad seeing this video.
u speak English well, r u Korean Brazilian?
@@margaretm6065 no im korean,japanese italian both my parents are mixed koreans
This got me in tears all over again, He look just like his mother, they both got the same personality.
I just hate war. It tears families apart. Why does it have to happen? :'(
because your ancestors evolved million of years to be predators, now that they have exterminated all mega beast, humans prey on other humans. It is in our gene.
God created Heaven, Earth and humans.
Do not be deceived what world says.
It is so sad that families have to suffer for decades.
So beautiful to see these people. I wish i had such a family.
Kim Jung Un please let them be together, I can’t stop my tears 😭 😭😭😭
Korea will be one single country one day. This cruel separations will end. Maybe not in few years, but they will. "Lo stesso popolo non può essere diviso" We say here in Italy!
Marco Lorenzoni and bring the Kim family to justice. Put them in prison and control them how they control north koreans
@@bobfrye4469 Not prison... prison would be too lenient
It would be a dream for North Koreans but for the south it will be a nightmare... economy will collapse a lot will collapse for the south
Kim famliy won't last for long. Every family declines with when a weak successor is born
Unfortunately China doesn’t like that. Is not a good idea that the neighbors are pro America, Russia doesn’t like it either. These ppl are trapped into a geopolitical and strategic mess of various nations.
I cannot imagine how hard it is for them. Somehow, I can feel what they feel 🥺🥺😢
I'm like crying after watching this & praying that they become united forever ..
Family should not be separated for whatever reasons. Unified korea all the way!
A watched a short documentary on that 92 year old lady and what struck me the most was the difference in skin colour and deteriorated condition of the North Koreans. Even though the ones from the south pretty much grew up in the north they obviously had a much better quality of life than the ones that stayed in the north...was just the fact of how visible the difference was.
yes well one country has had sanctions upon sanctions placed upon it by the US and have had famines due to this . the other is a US pet and bleaching skin is their favourite product
Never take *DEMOCRACY* for granted.
Amen to that. I hate it how people protest for silly things and they call the government bad. They should see how lucky they are.
US demoncracy was the one that responsible for millions of deaths of Koreans and the destruction of both north and south Korea.
@@cx5954 Is healthcare and working rights a silly thing now?
Yep, and the republicans in the USA are busy trying to destroy it here.
As a Vietnamese, I am really grateful that we live in one united Vietnam 🇻🇳.
You can thank Uncle Ho and general giap for that.
Ya but ur still veit
There are also many families seperated when North Vietnam defeated the South. Many from the south fled through rafts. Foreigners like Filipinos including my friend's father was seperated from his Vietnamese wife and young chidlren for fear of becoming a political prisoner.
Despite everything that’s happened we only hope that in the future us Americans and Vietnamese can be good allies and friends so far it is looking that way
You guys used to be part of Lhaos and Cambodia until the French separated ya'll.
My heart can't handle this.😢
That 92 year old grandma was so strong
Very emotional. Very pure.
Truly sad
The families that didn't get chosen... this is heartbreaking TAT
So touching!
My tear drop down maybe this is the last time for them to see each other
This video actually made me tear up
This gave me tears
As a mother of 2 children my heart could not bear this...
Hopefully after this awful pandemic they can have another family reunion like this.... It's been years and I think they should deserve it
I can’t. I can’t stop crying .
Gosh, that is heartbreaking...
My heart bleeds for those people.No one on this earth should go through such pain.😢😢😢
My grandma's three older brothers became ardent comminists while studying at university in Japan. They defected to North Korea when the war broke out. My gramdma didn't apply for this reunion because she didn't want confirmation that they've passed.
Makes me cry,would be difficult knowing you wouldn't see them again😥
This is so beutifull to see it brings tears to my eyes
😭😭 heartbreaking ! ❤❤❤
I hope Korea can reunify 🇰🇵🇰🇷
That's sad and beautiful
MAY ALL DICTATORS FALL...
This is so wrong
Damn its heartbreaking
This is really so sad
but china is responsible for helping the north stay separate. China f_up many countries
@@goognamgoognw6637 and Soviet Union back before they collapse and they also help the North stay alive
That is so Sad.
It's so saddd, crying 😢
North Koreans look so fragile yet the south look healthy
DPRK is THE HUMAN BUILT HEAVEN ON EARTH !!!!!!!
GOOSEBUMPS... 😭😭😭😭😭😭
That killed me it’s really heartbreaking
Time is running out for these people, their families split many of them are passing away, still hoping for reunification. It is quite sad.
This kills me inside
…this fucking hurts, dude.
Things like these,separation of families, shouldn't happen in the world. May the North and the South search a way for a friendship that deserve to be called in this way
harry dragon Its not a matter of the two Koreas.... Its all because of China and a bit of US.
You're right, the families in my country were seperated until the 90s
It won't be possible under the Kim Jung Un dynasty. North Korea's best chance is coup aided by China to depose Kim Jung Un and implement a system of goverment that is similar to Vietnam or China in terms of "Communist" rule.
This is so sad. The amount of suffering, for what? Free NK!!
Free South Korea
Nuke China, thats the answer
nuke america, that's the answer
SuperGoliath56 why? The entire world knows that China is world cancer
because the entire world knows that america is world cancer
never seeing their siblings relatives again like ever because of countries’ conflicts sounds so messed up
so sad..........but on the brightside at least they did get to meet.
I cry😭😭
Sad
Invasion from japan
Then divided in two pieces without hope of reunion
So sad
i'm crying watching this
In what a fucking world are we living how can you do this to sombody let them meet each other let them be together!!!
How sad this is the last time they will ever get to see or speak with their relatives every again!! With tens of thousands on waiting list. So sad imagine seeing your family for only 11 hours for the rest of your life
This Is very painful
I am crying and I don't know why
Because you have a beautiful human heart. I am crying too.
I know of 80 year old man who got selected for the lottery to see his son and daughter in the North for 12 hours (it was 2004 reunion I think) - they were seperated for nearly 60 years. He has been sending it the application since mid 80s. As soon as he came back, very next day he sent out another application for another lottery...hoping to be selected again.
I honestly don’t even know if I could do this I think I’d feel more heartbroken after I would have to leave but it’s their last chance really
I wish they reunite as one korea again.
first of all as long as america exist that will never happen
@@maiavitale8458 It wasn’t solely United States’ fault.
Only if the Kim dynasty regime collapses but even then South Korea's economy is still one of the highest in the world while North Korea is tanked, so reunification comes at a cost
This is so painful movments 😢😢.
Create un necessary borders can cause. The heart burns forever 😢😢
I am half Japanese, and I just wish one of the top japan vlogger would post a picture of my dad with his details that I am looking for him for 28years now... he lives in Nagoya, I wish I can find him before it's too late
I hope you do
"There is no second chance visit". 😭💔
This made me ball my eyes out…
I think those photographers and cameramen in the footages should get the credit as well. =D
😢😢😢😭😭😭
Why are there so many cameras? Just let the people enjoy the moment and don't get on they're nerves.
NK has to make sure there are no defectors and their stranglehold is air tight. No unauthorized passing of information etc. Must control everything right down to how long a mother can hug her son
Also they were trying to broadcast the event for the families that couldn't be there so they could at least watch on TV.
😭😢💔
They are lucky to HAVE family
you mean to say that after they've met, they will soon return to each of their countries.. which means, they might not be able to see each other again.. that's sadder tbh..
It's so painful to think that the only reason why they can't contact each other again is because of NK 🥺 When everyone almost in the world can meet and communicate with their loved ones with the help of technology.
Actually they've hosted these events like 24 times
Wow
Wait could they at least video call each other from time to time?
Bro said video calling I mean seriously are you dumb you do realize that your not allowed to call someone from a different country in North Korea and what do you think that all North Koreans have smart phones it’s a dictatorship remember
So that's the one another example which wars bring to people... :((((( who is the winner now?
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Why korea doesn't want to be united? You're family 🤔family is number 1.
You dont know the north korean regime
Kim Jung Un, that's why. Who wants to live in North Korea except him and his followers?
0:45 its so sad to see that even though that man is her younger brother, he looks more aged, shorter and weaker then his older sister.. she must be so sad to see him in that physical state
CZcams: wanna cry?
Me getting ready for work: What no??
youtube: CRY???????
So sad to watched this and to know the real stories of North korea and South Korean..
plz meet south and north long lasting all wys time my request sem femlies I'm from watching from nepal🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵
2:33 I get the photographers want to document but why do they have to be in the faces of these elderly people like damn 💀
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What could he fkin gain to not let those ppl go at best they have like 10 years together !
2:28 i lost it here ...
Из-за глупых границ и политики,страдают люди...
политика русских(Поставили своего Ким Ир Сена), как можно такого выплятка как Кон Чен Ын поставить во власть, который ради сытый жизни убивает 25 млн+ людей/ Мразь одним словом
Yes, but mainly because of communism
0:44 that's a younger brother? Not a father??
Where do they live together now is it south or in north??
North Korea dosen't allow them.
They don't get to live together. It's only a temporary reunion. They were able to meet after so many years only to be separated again. At least now they know that their family's alive or how they are doing.