2 Koreas agree to hold reunions of separated families in August

Red Cross officials from North and South Korea agreed Friday to hold reunions of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War in August.The agreement on the reunions, which will be the first in three years, was reached at talks between three Red Cross officials from each side held at Mt. Kumgang in the North's southeast.A total of 100 family members from each side will take part in the reunions, to be held Aug. 20-26 at a facility at the scenic mountain, South Korea's delegates to Friday's talks said in a statement.The South Korean delegation was led by Park Kyung Seo, head of the Korean …READ FULL ARTICLE