Dozens of Korean families are seeing each other in person for the first time in 68 years since being separated after the end of the Korean War in 1953 and the Korean peninsula was divided. Over the next few days, 89 South Koreans and 83 North Koreans are meeting at North Korea’s Mount Kumgang resort, in supervised reunions that in total will only amount to several hours. North and South Korea have held around 20 of these reunion meetings since 2000, but this is the first since 2015 — a result of the historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in earlier this year. Both countries had initially chosen 100 people each via lottery, out of many thousands who applied in South Korea, but some dropped out when they realized the family members they hoped to meet had already died, while others were too frail to make the trip North 🇰🇵🇰🇷😭❤️ (📸: Getty, Reuters) - #family #families #southkorea #northkorean #korea #koreas #korean #koreans #koreanwar #reunion #familyreunion #reunions #separation #dmz #koreanpeninsula #nk #sk #이산가족 #이산가족상봉 #금강산
