Koreas to hold Oct. 20-26 reunions of war-divided families
Source: AP
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea agreed Tuesday to hold reunions next month of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, a small but important bit of progress for rivals that just last month were threatening each other with war.
One hundred mostly elderly family members from each country will meet Oct. 20-26 at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, South Korean officials announced.
The decision came after talks among the Koreas' Red Cross officials at the border village of Panmunjom. The Koreas initially agreed to push for the reunions after striking a deal last month that eased a standoff that had flared after a mine explosion blamed on Pyongyang maimed two South Korean soldiers.
The highly emotional reunions have not happened since early last year. But even Tuesday's announcement doesn't guarantee success. The rivals have a long history of failing to follow through on reconciliation efforts.
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A South Korean who was separated from his family during the Korean War, wears a pin of South Koren national flag on his hat at the Korea Red Cross headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. North and South Korea started talks at a border village Monday on resuming the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, Seoul officials said. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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