Reunion After 33 Years: Family Separated at Age 6 Reunited with Police Help

Yeonggwang Police Find Second Long-Term Missing Child This Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 15th at 3 p.m., the Yeonggwang Police Station in Jeonnam announced that a mother and son who had been separated since childhood and had not met for 33 years were dramatically reunited with the help of the police at Taecheongmaru on the 4th floor of the police station.

The heartbreaking story of the two began in 1989.

At that time, Mr. Hwang went missing after getting lost near his home in Yeonggwang-gun, and his family reported him as a missing child and searched thoroughly around protective facilities to find the child, but ultimately could not find Mr. Hwang.

After the disappearance, the mother, Ms. Park, found it impossible to find her son because the age and name of Mr. Hwang, who grew up in a protective facility, had changed.

However, with a desperate wish to at least confirm her son's life or death, Ms. Lee visited the Jeonnam Yeonggwang Police Station in April this year to register his DNA, and as a result of requesting the National Forensic Service through the Child Rights Protection Agency, fortunately, Mr. Hwang's genetic data remained, allowing them to find him.

The mother who met her son said, "I am so happy and it feels like a dream to have found my son. I felt a lot of guilt for losing him, but I am grateful to the police who helped us reunite like this."

Kang Ki-hyun, Chief of Yeonggwang Police Station, said, "I am truly happy that the mother and son, who did not know each other's fate for a long time, could be dramatically reunited," and added, "Our police will continue to do our best to ensure that missing persons return to their families as soon as possible through close cooperation with related organizations."

Meanwhile, Yeonggwang Police Station has been making every effort to find long-term missing children, including dramatically reuniting a mother and son who had been separated for 44 years in January of this year.

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