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Joy, Disbelief As Korean Families Separated By War Meet After 65 Years
About 90 families from North and South Korea wept and embraced on Monday as the neighbours held their first reunion events in three years for relatives wrenched apart by the Korean War for more than six decades.
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Korean Family Reunion Brings No End To Heartache
The first reunions in years of families divided by the Korean War evoke bittersweet memories for Kim Jong-gyu, whose few hours with her brother in 2014 - under the watchful eyes of the North's agents - were probably their last ever together.
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Two Koreas Agree On List Of Family Reunion Participants
The two Koreas have finalised a list of families separated by the Korean War whose members will be briefly reunited this month after decades of separation, Seoul said Monday.
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US, North Korea Trade Blows Over Nuclear Deal At Singapore Reunion
North Korea and the United States traded blows over implementing a disarmament deal adopted at a landmark summit in June, as Washington called for maintaining sanctions pressure against the North which in turn said it was alarmed at U.S. intentions.
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Koreas To Hold Reunions For War-Separated Families In August
North and South Korea agreed Friday to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August -- the first such meetings since 2015 and the latest step in a remarkable diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.
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North and South Korea Discuss Reunion For Families Separated By War
The effort is among the steps promised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in to improve relations that had deteriorated over the North's nuclear and missile programmes.
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US Government Website Accidentally Says Singapore Is In Malaysia
As the US prepared for a summit some hoped may bring peace to the long-divided Korean peninsula, Washington accidentally hinted at another unlikely reunion by listing Singapore as part of Malaysia. The US State Department published on its website remarks made Monday by top diplomat Mike Pompeo ahead of the historic meeting, in a post initially stat...
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Therapy Offer for Those crushed by North-South Korea Reunion
The South Korean Red Cross said today it was offering therapy and counselling to hundreds of people who took part in a recent, emotionally fraught reunion with North Korean relatives they hadn't seen in 60 years.
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2 Koreas Wrap Up Emotional Family Reunion
North and South Korean families divided since the Korean War said a tearful final farewell today, wrapping up a rare reunion that was clouded at the last by a maritime border spat.
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South Korea Fires Warning Shots at North Korea Patrol Boat Near Border
South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat near the rivals' disputed maritime border, where sailors on both sides have been killed in past exchanges of fire, the two sides said today.
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South Koreans Cross into North for Second Family Reunion
Some 250 mostly elderly South Koreans crossed into North Korea on Saturday for a second round of emotional meetings with relatives they have either never met or last saw more than six decades ago.
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Shock, Hugs and Tears as War-Divided Koreans Reunite
Nearly 400 mostly elderly and frail South Koreans held a tearful, emotionally fraught reunion today with family members in North Korea, more than 60 years after they were separated by the Korean War.
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South Koreans Cross Into North for Emotional Family Reunion
Several hundred mostly elderly South Koreans headed for North Korea on Tuesday for a rare, emotional meeting with relatives they have either never met or last saw more than six decades ago.
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Families Gather for Rare North, South Korea Reunion
Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered today before crossing into North Korea for a rare reunion with separated family members.
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Family divided by Korea's Turbulent Past Seeks Comfort in Reunion
The members of families split and then permanently separated by the 1950-53 Korean War carry many sad memories and stories, but few that are as unique and dramatic as Park Yun-Dong's.
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Joy, Disbelief As Korean Families Separated By War Meet After 65 Years
About 90 families from North and South Korea wept and embraced on Monday as the neighbours held their first reunion events in three years for relatives wrenched apart by the Korean War for more than six decades.
-
Korean Family Reunion Brings No End To Heartache
The first reunions in years of families divided by the Korean War evoke bittersweet memories for Kim Jong-gyu, whose few hours with her brother in 2014 - under the watchful eyes of the North's agents - were probably their last ever together.
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Two Koreas Agree On List Of Family Reunion Participants
The two Koreas have finalised a list of families separated by the Korean War whose members will be briefly reunited this month after decades of separation, Seoul said Monday.
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US, North Korea Trade Blows Over Nuclear Deal At Singapore Reunion
North Korea and the United States traded blows over implementing a disarmament deal adopted at a landmark summit in June, as Washington called for maintaining sanctions pressure against the North which in turn said it was alarmed at U.S. intentions.
-
Koreas To Hold Reunions For War-Separated Families In August
North and South Korea agreed Friday to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August -- the first such meetings since 2015 and the latest step in a remarkable diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.
-
North and South Korea Discuss Reunion For Families Separated By War
The effort is among the steps promised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in to improve relations that had deteriorated over the North's nuclear and missile programmes.
-
US Government Website Accidentally Says Singapore Is In Malaysia
As the US prepared for a summit some hoped may bring peace to the long-divided Korean peninsula, Washington accidentally hinted at another unlikely reunion by listing Singapore as part of Malaysia. The US State Department published on its website remarks made Monday by top diplomat Mike Pompeo ahead of the historic meeting, in a post initially stat...
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Therapy Offer for Those crushed by North-South Korea Reunion
The South Korean Red Cross said today it was offering therapy and counselling to hundreds of people who took part in a recent, emotionally fraught reunion with North Korean relatives they hadn't seen in 60 years.
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2 Koreas Wrap Up Emotional Family Reunion
North and South Korean families divided since the Korean War said a tearful final farewell today, wrapping up a rare reunion that was clouded at the last by a maritime border spat.
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South Korea Fires Warning Shots at North Korea Patrol Boat Near Border
South Korean navy fired warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat near the rivals' disputed maritime border, where sailors on both sides have been killed in past exchanges of fire, the two sides said today.
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South Koreans Cross into North for Second Family Reunion
Some 250 mostly elderly South Koreans crossed into North Korea on Saturday for a second round of emotional meetings with relatives they have either never met or last saw more than six decades ago.
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Shock, Hugs and Tears as War-Divided Koreans Reunite
Nearly 400 mostly elderly and frail South Koreans held a tearful, emotionally fraught reunion today with family members in North Korea, more than 60 years after they were separated by the Korean War.
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South Koreans Cross Into North for Emotional Family Reunion
Several hundred mostly elderly South Koreans headed for North Korea on Tuesday for a rare, emotional meeting with relatives they have either never met or last saw more than six decades ago.
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Families Gather for Rare North, South Korea Reunion
Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered today before crossing into North Korea for a rare reunion with separated family members.
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Family divided by Korea's Turbulent Past Seeks Comfort in Reunion
The members of families split and then permanently separated by the 1950-53 Korean War carry many sad memories and stories, but few that are as unique and dramatic as Park Yun-Dong's.
