For two years, Niveen had avoided conversations about her ethnic origins, but once her reunification services ended she petitioned the court to place Adam with a Muslim, Arabic-speaking family.
Mr. Kim's image reinvention was skillfully staged with the help of Mr. Moon's government, which made sure every detail of the leaders' April 27 summit meeting was steeped in potent symbols dear to both Koreas: respect, ethnic unity and eventual Korean reunification.
New restrictions also have hampered family reunification for immigrants with family members threatened by ethnic, political and religious persecution in Asia.
After all, reunification focused largely on the coming together of ethnic Germans living on either side of the Berlin Wall.
These small and wealthy countries will look for brides from their ethnic group outside their borders (and South Korean youths will pray for reunification with the north).
And in his inauguration speech as president and again this month during the 20th anniversary of the reunification of Germany, Mr. Wulff focused on reaching out to the different ethnic communities living in Germany.
Though the government claims the Sri Lankan army is fighting for the reunification of the country, I saw propaganda posters pasted up around downtown Colombo depicting Buddhist monks blessing ethnic Sinhala soldiers as they prepare to head off to the battlefront.
For Democrats, the challenge is holding together a fractious coalition of labor unions, business groups, and ethnic lobbies that favor comprehensive immigration reform broadly, but have deep disagreements about whether to favor skill-based immigration, family reunification, guest workers, etc.
Ireland will seek reunification.
Would it allow Korean reunification?
