Families long separated by the Korean War will be able to see their loved ones for the first time in years in a series of reunions starting Saturday near the border between North and South Korea.
Red Cross officials from the South and North met in August to discuss reunions.
The reunions -- the first in nearly two years -- are taking place through October 1 on Mount Keumgang, a North Korean resort near the eastern part of the border.
Millions of families were separated by the Korean War, which ended in 1953 with a cease-fire and no formal peace treaty. No mail, telephone or e-mail exchanges exist between ordinary citizens across the Korean border.read more
