Koreas Hold Video Family Reunions
By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter
Korea Times
Video reunions for 80 families split by the division of the Korean Peninsula following the Korean War were held Monday before the anniversary of Korea's liberation from the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule, the Ministry of Unification said.
The two-day link-ups between Seoul and Busan in South Korea, and Pyongyang in North Korea involved a total of 563 Koreans from the two Koreas, it said. This was the sixth video reunion session of its kind.
Tens of thousands of Korean families were separated when the peninsula was divided into two at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
Since the first inter-Korean summit in June 2000, more than 13,000 people have taken part in the family reunion sessions.
Facilitating the family reunions is expected to be an item on the agenda to be discussed at the summit between President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il from Aug. 28-30 in Pyongyang.
gallantjung@koreatimes.co.kr
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