Korean reunions: Families divided by war meet in North

Dozens of families from North and South Korea have held emotional reunions as relatives met for the first time in at least 65 years.
A group of mostly elderly South Koreans travelled to a tourist resort in the North for the event, the first such reunion for three years.
The Korean War of 1950-1953 left the peninsula divided and people on the northern side were unable to leave.
The South Koreans were chosen by lottery - the oldest of them is 101.
These brief meetings are likely to be the last and only time many will see each other.


Eighty-six-year-old Cho Hye-do and her brother Cho Do-jae, 75, were reunited with their older sister Cho Sun-do, who is 89 and lives in North Korea.
"I remember how beautiful you were," Cho Hye-do told her big sister.
"I finally get to meet you after living for so long," replied the older woman.

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