North and South Korea have been unable to reunions for families separated by the Korean War since February 2014, and the last such meetings before that took place in 2010.

Of the 129,688 who have registered in the South as divided family members, nearly 63,000 have passed away, according to statistics from the Integrated Information System for Separated Families.

The remaining 66,800 or so on the South Korean register are also becoming increasingly advanced in age, with 12.1 percent older than age 90 and 42.5 percent in their 80s.

For those lucky enough to be selected for the meetings, the