The document discusses family reunions between citizens in North and South Korea and efforts by advocacy groups and the US government to facilitate these reunions. It notes that the 17th and 18th rounds of reunions occurred in late 2008. It also outlines Saemsori's efforts to lobby the 111th Congress and Obama Administration to prioritize the issue of divided families, including partnering with the Red Cross to deliver messages and launching a registration drive.

2. No reunions after
the election of
President Lee Myung-
bak and his stop to
unconditional aid

3. Sec. 1265 of H.R. 4986, National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2008, directs the President to report to
Congress on family reunions between U.S.
citizens and their relatives in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea.

4. Sep 26-Oct 1:
17th round of ROK-DPRK family reunions

5. House Report 111-187 (accompanying H.R. 3081 – State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2010) “urges the
Special Representative on North Korea Policy, as the senior official
handling North Korea issues, to prioritize the issues involving Korean divided
families, and to, if necessary, appoint a coordinator for such families.”

6. Oct 30-Nov 5:
18th round of ROK-DPRK family
reunions

7. Saemsori
restarts
lobbying, i
nternship
program
with 111th
Congress
and the
Obama
Administra
tion

8. Saemsori partners with the American Red
Cross to deliver 3 Red Cross Messages to the
D.P.R.K. (Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea or North Korea)

9. Mar 27: Amb. Robert
King recommends that
Korean American divided
families members register
with the American Red
Cross, just as in South
Korea.
Mar 24: Saemsori kicks
off its registration drive
with 588 letters to
addresses received from
the South Korean
Ministry of Unification