“When an event is ongoing, it's impossible to mourn it. I'm thinking about having to abandon my dying father when I fled. Grief sets in and stays with you for life. I have never been able to mourn my father. The same goes for our country – the division of Korea into two countries is ongoing, so we cannot mourn it, and that is why we suffer so.” LossGriefKorean WarOpression Book:The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea Source: The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea