朝韩100名离散家属团聚活动将顺利进行

More than 100 South Koreans have left for a reunion   with their separated relatives in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The reunion  s are scheduled to take place in the DPRK’s Kumgang Mountain resort from Thursday until next Tuesday. 82 elderly South Koreans accompanied by 58 family members are to meet 178 people from the DPRK, for the first time in six decades.

Another group of 372 South Koreans will meet 88 people from the DPRK starting from Sunday. This would be the first reunion  s held by the two sides in over three years.

Millions of Korean families have been separated since the three-year Korean War ended in 1953. People on the two sides have also been banned from exchanging phone calls and letters since then.