I am a involved with a program called ARISE/RENEW which continues this Fall and focuses on Social Justice........
Imagine being a Senior and not seeing members of your family for a half-century........not because they passed away or you had disfunction between each other.....but rather because the Government prevented you each from crossing a State line due to a political agenda.........
This is the case in North Korea.....In 1953 the Korean War ended with an armistice not a peace treaty.....and for most of that time there has not been any mail, telephone, or email between ordinary citizens from the two Koreas....Contact started in 2000 and was halted by North Korea over disagreement with It's nuclear missile programs......
I realize the seriousness of the issues, however,bargaining and negotiations should not treat the average powerless people as mere " pawns " I have the opinion that the ones in charge are not affected by this policy............
The Red Cross reports that of 127,400 applications to see family 40,000 have died.......before realizing a dream.......The Woman in the photo was allowed a phone call according to news reports..........
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