Korea divided: A sister’s long wait and a defector’s bid to save his mother

New generation, same border

While Kang’s story symbolises the division of the Korean Peninsula, it would be wrong to think such tales only belong to an older generation of Koreans.

Kim Kang-woo, 31, has also been directly affected by the division.

Today, Kim lives in Siheung, a satellite city of Seoul, but he was born in Hyesan, a North Korean city on the C...