South and North Korean family reunion in Mount Kumgang

Inter-Korean Family Reunion, Aug 21, 2018 : North Korean hotel workers carry lunch boxes to distribute them to hotel rooms where South Koreans are meeting their North Korean relatives during an inter-Korean family reunion at Oekumgang hotel in Mt. Kumgang resort, North Korea in this picture taken by Joint Press Corps at Mt. Kumgang and handouted by the South Korean Ministry of Unification. Eighty-nine elderly South Koreans crossed the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas on August 20 to meet their North Korean relatives for the first time since they were mostly separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, during a three-day inter-Korean family reunion. About 57,000 South Koreans in their 70s or older are waiting to see their family members who might be living in North Korea, local media reported. EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Photo by Joint Press Corps at Mt. Kumgang/The South Korean Ministry of Unification/Handout/AFLO) (NORTH KOREA)