Home after 61 years. February. 10, 2011 08:02. jean@donga.com.

A former South Korean prisoner of war held in North Korea in the Korean War reunites with his family in the South Wednesday for the first time in 61 years. He escaped from North Korea in March last year and returned home in November. He settled at his sister`s home in Seoul after spending three months at a government-provided safe house.