but ultimately, they only get 11 hoursstogether. the north koreans also chose a number f citizenssto take part their family memberr in the south they were able to locate pill come to the north in the second half of the w week and he a similar exchange. these e events are verery rare. the last one to take place wws more than three years ago, and there has only beenna handful thii centuryy time is running out for many of these south and north koreans as they get older. some do not even know if their family members are still alive on either side of theeborder. genie::you were telling me before these are some of the truly lucky ones, because there are still many people in south korea who would like to get a chance to meet their family hours.ers, if only for a few% shere is 57,000 south korean registered with the korean red cross. they have signed up to taae part in these rare fafamily reuninio. but throughgh this lottery y sym -pthey use, fewee than 100 are able to go up. it was roughly around 90 this time. i spoke with somome of those