How can we live apart?

How can we live apart?

How can we live apart?

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1957•72 min•KO

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Yong Nam was separated from his mother by the war on the Korean Peninsula (1950-1953): the boy remained in South Korea, while his mother left for the North. But how can they live apart?

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