Missing you

Jang Sa-in, 74, looks at a photograph of his older brother Sa-guk, who died last year in North Korea, at his house in Sadang, southern Seoul, Thursday. Jang applied for the inter-Korean family reunions in 2008 but never got a chance to meet his brother. / Korea Times photos by Shim Hyun-chul

Jang opens an old briefcase that holds documents related to his older brother who died in North Korea, along with photos and letters he received from him.

Jang shows photos and letters he has received since 2008 from his older brother in the North through a relative in China.

Jang reads a letter he wrote in 2008 to his older brother in North Korea on the day he met him.

Jang pulls out a handwritten letter he received in 2008 from his older brother in North Korea.

Jang watches a television showing members of families meeting for the first time in six decades during the ongoing 19th inter-Korean family reunions held at the Geumgangsang Hotel in North Korea, Thursday.