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Two Koreas agree to restart family reunions: statement

เผยแพร่: 28 ส.ค. 2552 13:14 โดย: MGR Online

MOUNT KUMGANG, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA : Kim Young-Chol (R), secretary general of the South Korean Red Cross, and Choi Sung-Ik (L), vice president of central committee at the North Korean Red Cross, walk together to a meeting room for their talks at the Norths Mount Kumgang resort on August 28, 2009. South and North Korea were close to agreement on restarting reunions for families separated for half a century, the latest sign of an easing of tensions after more than a year of hostility. AFP PHOTO/KOREA POOL

August 28, 2009
SEOUL (AFP) - South and North Korea agreed Friday to restart a reunion programme for separated families, a statement said, in the latest sign of easing tensions after more than a year of hostility.

The reunions -- the first for two years -- will be held from September 26 to October 1, the two sides said in the statement on their third day of talks.