The two Koreas kicked off reunions of families separated by the Korean War on Monday, in a series of events set to last all week and taking place at the DPRK's Mount Kumgang.
The first event of their kind since 2015 - and the 21st to take place since 2000 - this week will see siblings, parents, and other relatives reunited for the first time in over half a century in what are famously heart-wrenching scenes that paint a vivid portrait of the peninsula's continued division.
The two Koreas kicked off reunions of families separated by the Korean War on Monday, in a series of events set to last all week and taking place at the DPRK's Mount Kumgang.
The first event of their kind since 2015 - and the 21st to take place since 2000 - this week will see siblings, parents, and other relatives reunited for the first time in over half a century in what are famously heart-wrenching scenes that paint a vivid portrait of the peninsula's continued division.
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