North Korea has been breaking hearts and families for decades. The Hwang Won family has been waiting since 1969 for him to be returned from North Korea. He was one of the 50 people on Korean Air flight YS-11 on December 11, 1969. After international protests, 39 of the 50 passengers were returned to South Korea on Valentine's Day 1970, but 11 of the people were held in North Korea and unable to contact their families (except one tightly controlled case briefly at a small family union session between the two countries).
His son, Hwang In-Cheol, was two years old when his father was abducted to North Korea. He has been campaigning to have his father and the others returned. Mr. Hwang held a press conference in the morning then an event at the TNKR office to raise awareness about the case. You can't change the world but you can let Mr. Hwang know that you support his effort to have his father returned.
Meeting agenda:
Program, Feb 14th, 2:00 pm
(1) Opening, Hwang In-Cheol (The significance of the event)
(2) Watch news clip (Daehan News 764, Return of 39 KAL passengers)
(3) Speaker 1: Kim Seok-Woo, former Vice Unification Minister
(4) Speaker 2: Casey Lartigue, TNKR International Director
(5) Speaker 3: Hwang In-Cheol
(6) Petition introduction (Young-Min Kwon)
(7) Signing ceremony (Signed first by Mr. Kim Seok-Woo)
(8) Speaker 4:Professor Kim Seok-Hyang, Ewha Woman's University
(9) Closing: Hwang In-Cheol & Casey Lartigue
