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"It looks as though the time has come to say our farewells. It was a great honor for me to have been of help and I feel we are like a family." Im Ki-Ran, chairman of the ¡°democratic family movement committee¡± and a long-time fighter for the freedom and repatriation of unconverted long-term Communist prisoners, at a celebration at Yonsei University.

"Although I cannot guarantee anything, as I also have had to deal with the same pain, once I go to the North, I will try my best to find them." Unconverted prisoner Shin Il-Young during a service at a church in Seoul, in response to a request by the representative of a group of North Korean defectors concerning the families they left behind.

"Just as you believe your religion offers salvation, you must also acknowledge that other religions offer salvation as well." U.S.-based pastor Cho Chan-Sun in his book "History of the Sins of Christianity," which urges Christianity to adopt a stance of harmony and conciliation with other religions.