There's nothing more I could want. But a half-century of deep ideological and social rifts between the two Koreas was not to be erased easily. A North Korean cameraman then asked Dong Jin to comment. Right now at this moment I only want to report this to our Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. We should successfully carry out the North-South agreement.
Separated families are a shameful thing worldwide.
I want to implement this immediately. We are all brothers. We must reunify our nation. The reunions were the most poignant result of the historic summit between the North and South Korean leaders in June. A hundred ageing North Koreans were flown to Seoul on a North Korean plane, which then flew back to Pyongyang with 100 South Koreans aboard.