| [Kyodo: Korea] North Korea agreed Wednesday in rare talks with South Korea to resume reunions of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War, with the first reunions in nearly two years likely to be held in late September or early October, Yonhap News Agency reported. The tentative agreement was reached as Red Cross officials from the two Koreas began a three-day meeting at the North"s scenic Mt. Kumgang resort to arrange a new round of reunions of families separated by the Korean War. Reunions were stopped in late 2007 amid deteriorating political relations. |