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Divided Families’History Gallery

2008-2012

No reunions after the election of President Lee Myung-bak and his stop to unconditional aid

2008

Sec. 1265 of H.R. 4986, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, directs the President to report to Congress on family reunions between U.S. citizens and their relatives in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

2008

Sep 26-Oct 1:17th round of ROK-DPRK family reunions

2009

House Report 111-187 (accompanying H.R. 3081 – State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2010) “urges the Special Representative on North Korea Policy, as the senior official handling North Korea issues, to prioritize the issues involving Korean divided families, and to, if necessary, appoint a coordinator for such families.”

2009

Oct 30-Nov 5:18th round of ROK-DPRK family

reunions

2010

Saemsori restarts lobbying, internship program with 111th Congress and the Obama Administration

2010

Saemsori partners with the American Red Cross to deliver 3 Red Cross Messages to the D.P.R.K. (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or North Korea)

2011

Mar 24: Saemsori kicks off its registration drive with 588 letters to addresses received from the South Korean Ministry of Unification

Mar 27: Amb. Robert King recommends that Korean American divided families members register with the American Red Cross, just as in South Korea.

2012

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