North and South Korea agree to hold reunions of family separated in Korean War

Seoul: North and South Korea agreed Friday to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August the first such meetings since 2015 and the latest step in a remarkable diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.

Millions of people were separated during the 1950-53 conflict that sealed the division of two Koreas.

Most died without the chance to see or hear from their relatives on the other side of the border, across which all civilian communication is banned. The resumption of reunions was among the agreements reached between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s president Moon Jae-in at their landmark summit.