6 years apart: North Korean family trapped on either side of the border
6 years apart: North Korean family trapped on either side of the border
- Ri Gum Ryong and his daughter, Ri Ryo Gun, live in Pyongyang. Their home is a large and modern flat, by North Korean standards. It's sparsely furnished -- not uncommon in North Korea -- but still cozy. However, there's one notable, painful absence in this immaculately-kept family home: mother and wife Kim Ryon Hui, whom neither husband or daughter have seen for nearly six years.
- Ri Gum Ryong and his daughter, Ri Ryo Gun, live in Pyongyang. Their home is a large and modern flat, by North Korean standards. It's sparsely furnished -- not uncommon in North Korea -- but still cozy. However, there's one notable, painful absence in this immaculately-kept family home: mother and wife Kim Ryon Hui, whom neither husband or daughter have seen for nearly six years.