This document outlines the rounds of family reunions held between North and South Korea from August 2011 to October 2016. It also discusses the advocacy work of Saemsori, a project of the Eugene Bell Foundation, to help Korean Americans reunite with family members in North Korea. Between 80 and 104,000-500,000 Korean Americans are estimated to have relatives in North Korea but few have been able to reunite through South Korean programs. Saemsori lobbied Congress to establish a commission to address this issue.

2. Aug 26-31:
11th round of ROK-
DPRK family
reunions
Nov 5-10:
12th round of ROK-
DPRK family
reunions

3. Mar 20-25:
13th round of ROK-DPRK
family reunions
Feb 27-28: 4th video ROK-DPRK
reunions
Jun 19-30:
14th round of ROK-DPRK
family reunions

4. Saemsori, a project
of the Eugene Bell
Foundation, begins
advocacy work for
Korean American
reunions, as a result
of numerous requests
from donors and other
Korean Americans.
EugeneBell is a
humanitarian aid
organization that has
served North Korea
since 1995, delivering
primarily tuberculosis
medications in person
twice a year.

5. May 9-14:
15th round of
ROK-DPRK Oct 17-22:
family reunions 16th round of ROK-DPRK family
reunions

6. The Congressional
Research Service
estimates there are
104,000 to 500,000
Korean Americans with
North Korean family
members and states only
80 Korean Americans
have met their relatives
through their kin in
South Korean reunions.
Saemsori lobbies to create the Congressional Commission on
Divided Families, co-chaired by Rep. Mark Kirk and Rep. Jim
Matheson.
A State Department letter to Rep. Jim Matheson directs him to Saemsori
and the Korean Red Cross regarding his divided family constituent, Wan
Chan No.