to be a politician
I was born in one of the most bitterly divided countries in the world, Korea. For as long as I can remember, this tragic division has always been in my heart, in all its everyday reality of pain and cultural divide. Such pain comes from my own family whose origins and traditions are rooted in the North. This borderline that so cruelly cuts my country in two prevents my family from seeing their relatives and friends. They may never see them or their hometown again. Over half a century has passed by, and my grandparents, who so longed to see once more the land of their birth, have died.