Ministry of Unification Conducts Survey on Separated North-South Korean Families

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The Ministry of Unification announced on the 6th that it will conduct the '2021 South-North Separated Families Survey' together with the Korean Red Cross until the end of October.

The separated families survey is conducted every five years in accordance with the 'Act on Confirming the Life Status and Promoting Exchanges of Separated Families between South and North Korea,' and this year's survey is the third, following those in 2011 and 2016.

The subjects are approximately 48,000 living applicants among those who have applied to find separated family members, and the survey is conducted to update existing application information in preparation for comprehensive confirmation of life status and exchanges of separated families between South and North Korea, as well as to grasp the overall status and demand for separated family exchanges.

Additionally, considering the rapid aging of separated families and the changed environment due to COVID-19, the plan is to comprehensively understand the needs of separated families and seek and develop more effective exchange measures.

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