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BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- The second round of current inter-Korean family reunions takes place Saturday in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, after being separated with each other by the Korean War for over 60 years.
A total of 255 South Koreans from 90 families now have the chance to meet their 188 relatives in the DPRK. The event will run from Saturday to Monday at the DPRK's scenic resort of Mount Kumgang. As with the first stage, the elderly South Koreans will be given just six meetings lasting two hours each with their DPRK relatives.
This is only the second such event to be held in the past five years. Since the Korean War ended with an armistice in 1953, no civilian exchange of letters and telephone calls has been allowed between people of the two countries.
There are more than 65,000 South Koreans currently on the waiting list for a reunion spot. Both sides agreed to restart the family reunions for the first time since February 2014 after the end of a standoff at the military border was successfully negotiated in August.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
