Mount Kumgang

North and South Korea agreed Friday to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August -- the first such meetings since 2015 and the latest step in a remarkable diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's "most trustworthy" aide who oversaw ties with the South has died in a traffic accident, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday, a loss seen as a blow to efforts at reconciliation between the two rivals.

North and South Korea kicked off a second day of high-level talks today, aimed at easing cross-border tensions just months after a flare-up pushed them to the brink of an armed conflict.

North and South Korean officials sat down today for rare talks aimed at paving the way for a sustainable high-level dialogue that has constantly eluded the two rivals.

Nearly 400 mostly elderly and frail South Koreans held a tearful, emotionally fraught reunion today with family members in North Korea, more than 60 years after they were separated by the Korean War.

Several hundred mostly elderly South Koreans headed for North Korea on Tuesday for a rare, emotional meeting with relatives they have either never met or last saw more than six decades ago.

Nearly 400 South Koreans crossed the heavily armed border into North Korea today full of joyful anticipation at reuniting with family members separated for more than six decades since the 1950-53 Korean War.

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.

South Korea sent advance teams into North Korea today ahead of next week's rare reunion for families separated by the Korean War a hugely emotional event that walks an unsteady diplomatic tightrope.

North and South Korea agreed today to hold a reunion in October for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, the South's Unification Ministry said.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye made a formal proposal to North Korea on Saturday to hold family reunions regularly, uniting families separated since the 1950-53 Korean war, a sign Seoul is seeking to improve relations with the North.

North and South Korea wrapped up on Tuesday their first reunion for divided families in more than three years, an event that raised hopes of a sustainable improvement in volatile cross-border ties.

Several hundred elderly South and North Korean relatives clung to each-other, rocking and weeping, as they met for the first time in 60 years on Thursday at a reunion for families divided by the Korean War.

A group of 83 mostly elderly South Koreans accompanied by family converged Wednesday on a coastal resort prior to crossing into North Korea for the first reunion in more than three years for the peninsula's divided families.

Deep-rooted feelings of guilt and regret have permeated Kim Se-Rin's long life, but he hopes to excise them this week at an emotional, all-too-brief reunion with relatives he left behind in North Korea.

North and South Korea agreed Friday to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August -- the first such meetings since 2015 and the latest step in a remarkable diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's "most trustworthy" aide who oversaw ties with the South has died in a traffic accident, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday, a loss seen as a blow to efforts at reconciliation between the two rivals.

North and South Korea kicked off a second day of high-level talks today, aimed at easing cross-border tensions just months after a flare-up pushed them to the brink of an armed conflict.

North and South Korean officials sat down today for rare talks aimed at paving the way for a sustainable high-level dialogue that has constantly eluded the two rivals.

Nearly 400 mostly elderly and frail South Koreans held a tearful, emotionally fraught reunion today with family members in North Korea, more than 60 years after they were separated by the Korean War.

Several hundred mostly elderly South Koreans headed for North Korea on Tuesday for a rare, emotional meeting with relatives they have either never met or last saw more than six decades ago.

Nearly 400 South Koreans crossed the heavily armed border into North Korea today full of joyful anticipation at reuniting with family members separated for more than six decades since the 1950-53 Korean War.

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.

South Korea sent advance teams into North Korea today ahead of next week's rare reunion for families separated by the Korean War a hugely emotional event that walks an unsteady diplomatic tightrope.

North and South Korea agreed today to hold a reunion in October for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, the South's Unification Ministry said.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye made a formal proposal to North Korea on Saturday to hold family reunions regularly, uniting families separated since the 1950-53 Korean war, a sign Seoul is seeking to improve relations with the North.

North and South Korea wrapped up on Tuesday their first reunion for divided families in more than three years, an event that raised hopes of a sustainable improvement in volatile cross-border ties.

Several hundred elderly South and North Korean relatives clung to each-other, rocking and weeping, as they met for the first time in 60 years on Thursday at a reunion for families divided by the Korean War.

A group of 83 mostly elderly South Koreans accompanied by family converged Wednesday on a coastal resort prior to crossing into North Korea for the first reunion in more than three years for the peninsula's divided families.

Deep-rooted feelings of guilt and regret have permeated Kim Se-Rin's long life, but he hopes to excise them this week at an emotional, all-too-brief reunion with relatives he left behind in North Korea.