Since the first familyreunion events in 2000, the two countries held such meetings once every year until they were suspended in 2010 by then-President Lee Myung-bak after two attacks by North Korea that killed 50 South Koreans.
Ripley Rand said he plans to attend the Rand familyreunion this summer with his father and has updated his great uncle's research to include the story of the black side of thefamily.