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NORTH and South Korea agreed yesterday to hold reunions next month of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s.
One hundred mostly elderly people from each country will be reunited with their relatives from October 20 to 26 at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, according to the South Korean Unification Ministry and the North’s state media.
The agreement was a rare episode of detente between the two republics following last month’s military border stand-off. No reunions have have taken place since early last year.
The decision was reached after overnight talks between the Koreas’ Red Cross officials at the border village of Panmunjom that began on Monday.
The governments initially agreed to push for the reunions after striking a deal last month that eased a stand-off caused by a mine explosion which maimed two South Korean soldiers. Seoul accused Pyongyang of responsibility.
