In 1953, at the height of the Korean War, millions of soldiers and civilians died, but few have since been identified. For the victims’ families, the fight goes on, as the remains of their forebears have yet to be found. “When I was 2 or 3 years old, whenever I saw a man walking by in our village, I would call “Daddy, Daddy”, even though I could barely talk. I was an innocent little child, but my mother was heartbroken seeing this.” Many bodies are in the demilitarised zone that has separated the two Koreas since the end of the war. Despite its name, this buffer zone is, in fact, one of the most militarised in the world. Today, our reporters are there to witness an event that has been 70 years in coming: following a recent agreement between the two Koreas, the search has been renewed. The Korean peninsula has decided to unearth its past, the memories of war…
REVISITED: Korean Demilitarized zone revisited
