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REUNION OF KOREAN KIN

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I.  Introduction

A. Separation of Korean kin between South Korea and North Korea  

since the Korean war 

B .  Movement of Korean kin toward  reunion in South Korea

C. Many Korean people eagerly desire the reunion of their divided  

families.

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II.  Body Paragraph #1 (Explanation of background information)

Topic Sentence:  

The Korean War was the main cause of the division of Korean  families.

A.  North Korea attacked South Korea in 1950.

1.  The South Korean army scarcely had any weapons.

2.  The South Korean army was forced to retreat

B.  South Korea asked for help from the United Nations

1.  The U.S. urged intervention by the U.N.

2.  U.S. forces land on the Korean Peninsula.

C.  The South Korean-United Nations army  purshed  the North Korean army to the   boundary between North Korea and China.

D.  China intervenes in the Korean War.

1.The South Korean-United Nations army retreated to the present boundary.

2.  The  war ends in 1953.

III.   Body Paragraph #2 (Explanation of the problem)

Topic Sentence:  

Many Korean families were divided by the war.

A.  The North Korean army took some of the famous South Koreans.

1.   The North Korean government used these famous people as   propaganda for communism.

2.   The government utilized the captured scientists to develop their  military industry.

B.   Some people escaped from North Korea,  leaving their flies there.

A. Other people tried to escape with their entire families, but they lost one  another during the escape.

D.  The situation today, of divided families who wish to see each other has made many people miserable

1.  People in the south pray to God and hold ceremonies for their kin.

2.  People in the north have not been able to express their grief.