North and South Korea begin talks for rare post-war family reunions
North and South Korean Red Cross officials have begun talks at a border village to organise the latest of rare reunions of families separated by the Korean War.
The discussions at Panmunjom were made possible after the two sides reached an agreement last month to end their latest military standoff.
The talks on Monday were expected to focus on confirming a date and venue for the event, with the most likely outcome a reunion at the North's Mount Kumgang resort sometime in early October.
Millions of people were separated during the 1950-53 conflict that sealed the division between the two Koreas.
Most died without having a chance to see or hear from their families on the other side of the border, across which all civilian communication is banned.
About 66,000 South Koreans — many of them in their 80s or 90s — are on the waiting list for an eventual reunion, but only several hundred can be chosen for each occasion.
The reunion program began in earnest after a historic North-South summit in 2000, and was initially an annual event.
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