South Korean Families Sue Gov’t for Failure to Seek Return of their Loved Ones

The suit relates to people abducted during the war, which ended with an armistice (but no peace treaty) in 1953:

[The plaintiffs] say the government failed to ascertain the whereabouts of a single South Korean abductee, nor were they allowed to meet their families during family reunions. “The government has deceived us, making it appear as if it was trying to solve the question of the abductees and prisoners of war while in reality only focusing on the 480 abducted after the war,” the group said. “Because of that, people have been under the mistaken impression that the government has been active in resolving the issue.

It seems that South Koreans don’t believe the official line on “quiet diplomacy,” either. Families of those abducted after the war have already sued the government.