Korea Reunion Programme

Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered today before crossing into North Korea for a rare reunion with separated family members.

North Korea has threatened to cancel a reunion for families separated by the Korean War, after "reckless" remarks by South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme and human rights record.

Close to 400 South Koreans, many of them elderly and nearly all in a state of fevered anticipation, gathered today before crossing into North Korea for a rare reunion with separated family members.

North Korea has threatened to cancel a reunion for families separated by the Korean War, after "reckless" remarks by South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme and human rights record.