Rival Koreas strike deal on family reunions
North and South Korea agreed Friday to go ahead with the first reunions in three years for families separated for decades by the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul said, the latest sign of warming ties between the rivals.
(AFP) North and South Korea agreed Friday to go ahead with the first reunions in three years for families separated for decades by the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul said, the latest sign of warming ties between the rivals.
The reunion programme was suspended after the North's shelling of a South Korean border island in November 2010, and its resumption marks a symbolic but important step.
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