93-year-old Chinese woman 'reunites' with Korean War husband via restored photo

Chinese woman, 93, ‘reunites’ with Korean war husband 70 years later via restored photo

A restored portrait has given a 93-year-old woman in central China an emotional reunion with the young husband she lost to war decades ago. Zhao Cuifen, from Liuyang in Hunan province, reportedly married Zhang Zhixin in the 1950s. Soon afterwards, Zhang enlisted in the army. In July 1953, as Korean war armistice talks were deadlocked, Kuomintang forces launched a major assault on Dongshan Island off southeastern China. People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops training in nearby cities were rushe...

By Zoey Zhang