March 19, 2024
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Divided families reunited in emotional event at North Korea’s Mount Kumgang

ROK President says three-year gap between meetings "shameful" for Seoul and Pyongyang

Families divided by the Korean War were reunited at a Mount Kumgang hotel in two-hour group meetings on Monday afternoon, the South Korean press corps reported.

The oldest South Korean participant, the 101-year old Baek Seong-gyu, was reunited with his North Korean daughter-in-law and granddaughter in a venue hall as the pro-unification song “Nice to see you" played on loudspeakers.

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