SEOUL, June 22 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday agreed to hold the reunion of separated families in the Aug. 20-26 period at the DPRK's scenic resort of Mount Kumgang.
The agreement came after delegates from the two sides had Red-Cross talks at a hotel in the DPRK mountain resort to discuss humanitarian issues, according to a pool report.
During the weeklong event, 100 participants from each side will meet their relatives whom they have never contacted and met across the inter-Korean border since the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with armistice.
The reunion event was agreed upon by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un on April 27, when the two leaders held their first summit meeting in the border village of Panmunjom.
Moon and Kim agreed to hold the humanitarian event on around Aug. 25, the day to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from the 1910-1945 Japanese colonization.
