DMZ should be the land to
reconcile South with North Korea as well as
human with nature. This is what DMZ should
realize in the future. The Bridge of No Return
should be ¡°Unification Bridge¡¯ where is always
able to cross and the Gyeongui line should
be ¡®Hope Railroad¡¯ which runs to the north.
When it comes true, DMZ is not the symbol
of division any more but it is a blessed land,
the symbol of unification.
South government tried diverse
contact to solve the problems, such as reunion of
separated families and war refugees. But the outcomes
of contacts were useless because the North Korean
government has rejected and not been in sincerity.
Contact to resolve problems
for war refugees
After the Armistice Agreement
became effective, The U.N. and North Korea held
a conference in order to resolve problems for
war refugees from Dec. 1953 to March 1954 through
Home-coming Cooperation Committee between war
refugees.
Efforts for reunion
of separated families
Although delegation of the International
Red Cross Committee was tried to research on the
actual condition of separated families of South
and North Korea in Nov. 1954, a practical exchange
was not carried out due to North Korea¡¯s rejection.
