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Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy is a lecturer at Seoul’s Korea University. He is the author of "Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung" and several other books on North Korean history and military.
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Features The troubled, tragic history of inter-Korean family reunionsNext week's meetings will be the first in three years Correction: A previous version of this article said 17,228 had participated in the meetings, when in fact the correct number is 19,229. The article has been amended to reflect that fact. Next week the two Koreas will hold their 23rd meeting of divided families, the first since 2015 and the first to take place under the Moon Jae-in administration. In this context, it seems fitting to look back at past events - and how the meetings came about in the first place. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |