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North Korea Agrees To Family Reunions

North Korea has agreed to a South Korean proposal to resume reunions of families separated since the 1950-1953 war, official media in Pyongyang say.

The reunions will take place in a North Korean tourist resort on 19 September.

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye called last week for the resumption of the reunions, last held in 2010.

Her appeal followed an agreement to reopen a joint industrial plant, the latest step in the easing of tension between the two countries.

Mt Kumgang

The latest statement on the reunions came from the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea.

It said: "The reunion of separated families and their relatives shall be made in Mt Kumgang resort on the occasion of the upcoming Harvest Moon Day."

Thoughts?

Reply 1

Aj12

Anything that brings the Koreas together and warms relations is a good thing.

Reply 2

Blue Meltwater

I find it strange how they can go from "YOU SHALL BECOME A SEA OF FIRE!" to this within the space of just a few months. Good news, of course, but highlights again just how bizarre Pyongyang's foreign policy is.