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S. Koreans travel to DPRK for family reunions
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Hundreds of South Koreans have travelled to the DPRK for the latest round of reunions for family members separated during wartime half a century ago.
A woman from the DPRK wept as she embraced her 100-year-old South Korean mother for the first time since 1951 on Tuesday.
This is during a fresh round of reunions of divided families...the latest sign of warming ties between the Pyongyang and Seoul.
The six days of highly emotional reunions - the first in nearly two years - began on Saturday at the DPRK's Diamond Mountain.
The first group of more than 120 South Koreans returned to Seoul on Monday after three days. And a second group of about 430 South
Koreans went to the DPRK on Tuesday.
Lee Chan-yung, DPRK Resident, said, "A thousand emotions are in my mind. I am very grateful because I've lived for nearly 60 years, believing my brother was dead. Meeting him again, and he is still healthy, makes me happy."
About 900 Koreans are being reunited during the two sessions, according to the organizer, South Korea's Red Cross.
South Korea selects reunion candidates by computerized lottery, while the DPRK is believed to have its own way to choose the cadicates. Millions of families remain divided on the Korean peninsula.
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