Lee Jeong-sook

North and South Korean families divided by war for more than 60 years said a final, traumatic farewell Thursday after a reunion event that, for most, marked the last time they will ever see each other.

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.

North and South Korean families divided by war for more than 60 years said a final, traumatic farewell Thursday after a reunion event that, for most, marked the last time they will ever see each other.

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.