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朝鮮戦争（1950-1953）時に北朝鮮と韓国に生き別れた離散家族の再会事業が10月20日、北朝鮮の金剛山で始まった。
20回目となる再会事業は、2014年2月以来、1年8カ月ぶり。20～22日は、北朝鮮側の96家族が韓国側の家族と会い、24～26日は韓国側の90家族が北朝鮮側の家族と再会する。
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イ・スンギュさんは1950年に夫のオ・インセさんと生き別れた当時、結婚6カ月だった。お腹には子供がいた。
ハンギョレによると、夫オ・インセさんは、韓国中西部の忠清北道清原（チョンウォン）郡で「村の男たちは訓練を10日ぐらい受ければいい」と言って家を出た。妊娠中の妻は「いってらっしゃい」と手を振って見送ったのが最後だった。一人残された妻は韓国内を転々としながら、昼は農作業、夜は裁縫で一人息子を育ててきた。
夫が生きていると思わなかったイさんは、欠かさず法事（祭事）も執り行ってきたが、今年、夫が生きていることを知った。聯合ニュースTVの取材に、再会前の心境を以下のように語った。
「夢にも見たけど、ただ胸の奥に秘めて生きてきた。誰にも言えないし、言わなければならないものでもないし…。どれだけ苦労して生きてきたか、生きていてありがとう…」
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生き別れた当時はそれぞれ20歳と18歳だった2人は、85歳と83歳になっていた。
ハンギョレによると、夫オ・インセさんは、妻イ・スンギュさんに「近くに寄って」と言った。夫は北朝鮮で新たな家族を設けていたが、再婚せず、独身でいつづけた妻は、夫の手に腕時計をはめた。「昔は時計が貴重でね。夫に時計一つプレゼントできなかったことが心残りだったの」
夫と生き別れた当時、妻のお腹の中にいた息子オ・ジャンギュンさんも、長年の願いを叶えた。父が行方不明になって5カ月後に生まれ、厳格な母に育てられた。生まれてから一度も顔を見たことのない父に会う息子は再会前、NEWSISとのインタビューで「『アボジ』（父）と一度、呼んでみたい。女手一つで苦労した母の手を握って『ごめん』と言ってほしい」と話していた。
力いっぱい「お父さん！」と叫んだ。床にひざまづいた。思いっきり泣いた。父オ・インセさんも息子を見るなり抱きしめた。息子は「お父さんの息子として、堂々と生きようと頑張ってきました」と泣いた。
韓国・北朝鮮 離散家族再会（2015年10月20日～）
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(01 of34)
South Korean Lee Jeong-suk, 68, right, kisses to her North Korean father Ri Hung Jong, 88, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago.(Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
SKOREA-NKOREA-POLITICS-FAMILY REUNION(02 of34)
South Koreans chosen to attend a family reunion event with their North Korean relatives make their way to waiting busses outside their hotel before departing for the border and Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), near Sokcho on October 20, 2015. Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered before crossing into North Korea for a rare reunion with separated family members. Beginning October 20 in the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang, it will be only the second such reunion in the past five years -- the result of an agreement the two Koreas reached in August to de-escalate tensions that had pushed them to the brink of armed conflict. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ED JONES via Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-POLITICS-FAMILY REUNION(03 of34)
South Koreans chosen to attend a family reunion event with their North Korean relatives sit on a bus before departing for the border and Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), near Sokcho on October 20, 2015. Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered before crossing into North Korea for a rare reunion with separated family members. Beginning October 20 in the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang, it will be only the second such reunion in the past five years -- the result of an agreement the two Koreas reached in August to de-escalate tensions that had pushed them to the brink of armed conflict. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ED JONES via Getty Images)
North Korea Koreas Divided Families(04 of34)
North Koreans with gift bags wait to meet their South Korean family members during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Choi Dong-joon/Newsis via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(05 of34)
North Koreans wait to meet their South Korean family members during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool Photo via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX South Korea Koreas Divided Families(06 of34)
North Korean Chae Hun Sik, 88, left, meets with his South Korean son Chae Hee-yang, 65, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX South Korea Koreas Divided Families(07 of34)
South Korean Lee Soon-kyu, 85, right, meets with her North Korean husband Oh Se In, 83, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago.(Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(08 of34)
North Korean Lim Ok Rye, 82, third from right, meets with her South Korean family members during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago.(Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(09 of34)
South Korean Kim Bock-rack, right, meets with his North Korean sister Kim Jeon Soon during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago.(Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(10 of34)
North Korean Chae Hun Sik, 88, second from right, meets with his South Korean family members during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(11 of34)
North and South Korean family members meet during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(12 of34)
North Korean Oh Se In, 83, second from left, meets with his South Korean wife Lee Soon-kyu, 85, right, son Oh Jang-kyun and daughter-in-law Lee Ock-ran, left, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(13 of34)
North Korean Oh Se In, 83, center, meets with his South Korean son Oh Jang-kyun, 65, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(14 of34)
North Korean Oh Se In, 83, left, meets his South Korean son Oh Jang-kyun, 65, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South and North Korea Families Reunite - Day 1(15 of34)
MOUNT KUMGANG, NORTH KOREA - OCTOBER 20: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) North Korean Oh In-Se (C) meets with his South Korean son Oh Jang-kyun (R) during the family reunion after being separated for 60 years on October 20, 2015 in Mount Kumgang, North Korea. The program, which allows reunions of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean war. (Photo by The Korea Press Photographers\' Association via Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
South and North Korea Families Reunite - Day 1(16 of34)
MOUNT KUMGANG, NORTH KOREA - OCTOBER 20: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) North Korean Oh Se-In, 83, (2nd L) meets with his South Korean wife Lee Soon-Kyu, 85, (R) during the family reunion after being separated for 60 years on October 20, 2015 in Mount Kumgang, North Korea. The program, which allows reunions of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean war. (Photo by The Korea Press Photographers\' Association via Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(17 of34)
North Korean Chae Hun Sik, 88, center, meets with his South Korean family members during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(18 of34)
North Korean Chae Hun Sik, 88, second from right, meets with his South Korean wife Lee Ock-yeon, 87, left, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(19 of34)
North Korean Chae Hun Sik, 88, second from left, toasts with his South Korean family members during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(20 of34)
North Korean Chae Hun Sik, 88, left, meets with his South Korean son Chae Hee-yang, 65, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of mostly elderly Koreans â some in wheelchairs or leaning on walking sticks, most overcome by tears, laughter and shock â began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since war divided the North and South more than 60 years ago. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Divided Families(21 of34)
South Korean Lee Jin-goo, center, meets with his North Korean brother Lee Yong Goo during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Hundreds of elderly Koreans from divided North and South began three days of reunions Tuesday with loved ones many have had no contact with since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago. At left is an unidentified family member of South Koran Lee. (Korea Pool via AP) KOREA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South and North Korea Families Reunite - Day 1(22 of34)
MOUNT KUMGANG, NORTH KOREA - OCTOBER 20: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) South Korean Lee Jin-Goo (C) meets with his North Korean brother Lee Yong-Goo (R) during the family reunion after being separated for 60 years on October 20, 2015 in Mount Kumgang, North Korea. The program, which allows reunions of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean war. (Photo by The Korea Press Photographers\' Association via Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
South and North Korea Families Reunite - Day 1(23 of34)
MOUNT KUMGANG, NORTH KOREA - OCTOBER 20: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) South Korean Kim Bock-Rack (R) meets with his North Korean sister Kim Jeon-Soon (L) during the family reunion after being separated for 60 years on October 20, 2015 in Mount Kumgang, North Korea. The program, which allows reunions of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean war. (Photo by The Korea Press Photographers\' Association via Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
South Korea Koreas Tension(24 of34)
North Korean refugees and their family members bow to pay respect for their ancestors in North Korea during a ceremony to celebrate upcoming the Chuseok, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, at the Imjingak Pavilion near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. North and South Korea agreed last Tuesday to hold reunions next month of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, a small but important bit of progress for rivals that just last month were threatening each other with war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Tension(25 of34)
North Korean refugees and their family members cheer during a ceremony to celebrate the upcoming Chuseok, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, at the Imjingak Pavilion near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. North and South Korea agreed last Tuesday to hold reunions next month of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, a small but important bit of progress for rivals that just last month were threatening each other with war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Koreas Tension(26 of34)
North Korean refugees and their family members bow to respect for their ancestors in North Korea during a ceremony to celebrate upcoming the Chuseok, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, at the Imjingak Pavilion near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. North and South Korea agreed last Tuesday to hold reunions next month of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, a small but important bit of progress for rivals that just last month were threatening each other with war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NKOREA-SKOREA-DIPLOMACY-FAMILY-REUNION(27 of34)
Kim Kun-Ho (L), 74, looks at photos of North Korean relatives as he talks to AFP the night before departing to visit them at a family reunion in North Korea, at a hotel used as a gathering point, in Sokcho, on the East side of the South Korean peninsula near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on October 19, 2015. Almost 400 South Koreans -- many of them elderly, some in wheelchairs, all in a state of nervous anticipation -- gathered Monday before crossing into North Korea for a rare and emotional reunion with separated family members. The reunion beginning October 20 in the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang will be only the second in the past five years -- the result of an agreement the two Koreas reached in August to ease tensions that had pushed them to the brink of armed conflict. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ED JONES via Getty Images)
NKOREA-SKOREA-DIPLOMACY-FAMILY-REUNION(28 of34)
A South Korean man holds photos of his North Korean cousins the night before departing for North Korea for a family reunion at a hotel used as a gathering point, in Sokcho, on the East side of the South Korean peninsula near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on October 19, 2015. Almost 400 South Koreans -- many of them elderly, some in wheelchairs, all in a state of nervous anticipation -- gathered Monday before crossing into North Korea for a rare and emotional reunion with separated family members. The reunion beginning October 20 in the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang will be only the second in the past five years -- the result of an agreement the two Koreas reached in August to ease tensions that had pushed them to the brink of armed conflict. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ED JONES via Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-POLITICS-FAMILY REUNION(29 of34)
South Korean women chosen to attend a family reunion event in North Korea sit in a waiting area after arriving at a hotel used as a gathering point, in Sokcho, on the East side of the South Korean peninsula near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on October 19, 2015. Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered before crossing into North Korea for a rare reunion with separated family members. Beginning October 20 in the North Korean resort of Mount Kumgang, it will be only the second such reunion in the past five years -- the result of an agreement the two Koreas reached in August to de-escalate tensions that had pushed them to the brink of armed conflict. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ED JONES via Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-DIPLOMACY-FAMILY REUNION(30 of34)
To go with \'NKorea SKorea diplomacy family reunion\' ADVANCER, by Lim Chang-Won\nIn a photo taken on October 16, 2015 Park Yun-Dong, 90, holds a photo showing himself (centre L) and his late North Korean brother, Park Sun-Il (centre R) in his apartment in Ansan, South of Seoul. The members of families split and then permanently separated by the 1950-53 Korean War carry many sad memories and stories, but few that are as unique and dramatic as Park Yun-Dong\'s. One of the lucky South Koreans selected to take part in a rare family reunion to be held in North Korea next week, the 90-year-old is bracing for an emotional meeting with the family of his younger brother, who died four years ago. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ED JONES via Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-DIPLOMACY-FAMILY REUNION(31 of34)
To go with \'NKorea SKorea diplomacy family reunion\' ADVANCER, by Lim Chang-Won\nIn a photo taken on October 16, 2015 Park Yun-Dong, 90, holds a photo of his late North Korean brother and his family, as he poses in his apartment in Ansan, South of Seoul. The members of families split and then permanently separated by the 1950-53 Korean War carry many sad memories and stories, but few that are as unique and dramatic as Park Yun-Dong\'s. One of the lucky South Koreans selected to take part in a rare family reunion to be held in North Korea next week, the 90-year-old is bracing for an emotional meeting with the family of his younger brother, who died four years ago. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ED JONES via Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-DIPLOMACY-FAMILIES-REUNION(32 of34)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY NKorea SKorea diplomacy families reunion by Lim Chang-Won\nThis photo taken on September 9, 2015 shows 70-year-old Kim Ik-Je, one of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, pointing on his family pictures during an interview by a Red Cross official at his book store in Seoul. South Korea\'s Red Cross is taping video messages from tens of thousands of family members that could be viewed by their North Korean relatives, or by later generations one day. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-DIPLOMACY-FAMILIES-REUNION(33 of34)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY NKorea SKorea diplomacy families reunion by Lim Chang-Won\nThis photo taken on September 9, 2015 shows 70-year-old Kim Ik-Je (R), one of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, showing his family pictures during an interview by a Red Cross official at his book store in Seoul. South Korea\'s Red Cross is taping video messages from tens of thousands of family members that could be viewed by their North Korean relatives, or by later generations one day. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-DIPLOMACY-FAMILIES-REUNION(34 of34)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY NKorea SKorea diplomacy families reunion by Lim Chang-Won\nThis photo taken on September 9, 2015 shows 70-year-old Kim Ik-Je (C), one of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, wiping away his tears during an interview by a Red Cross official at his book store in Seoul. South Korea\'s Red Cross is taping video messages from tens of thousands of family members that could be viewed by their North Korean relatives, or by later generations one day. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JUNG YEON-JE via Getty Images)
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