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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung

POWs, abductees, defectors and separated families are the legacy of the Korean War

Koreas Division Lasting Pains - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Prisoners of war held for decades after the fighting stopped. Civilian abductees. Defectors. Separated families.

They are Koreans who symbolize the decades of division and bitter animosities between North and South Korea, which have been split by a heavily fortified border since the the 1950-53 Korean War.

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