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Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Tuesday 25 February 2014 12:29 GMT

South Korean Park Yang-Gon (L) meets with his North Korean brother Park Yang-Soo during a family reunion after being separated for 60 years in Mount Kumgang

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

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In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Park Yang-Gon (L) meets with his North Korean brother Park Yang-Soo during a family reunion after being separated for 60 years in Mount Kumgang

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Park Yang-gon (L) and his North Korean brother Park Yang Soo get emotional as they met during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Lee Young-shil (87), (R) meets with her North Korean sister Lee Jong Shil (84) during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Joo Soo-man (L) helps his North Korean aunt Joo Kun Ryu (92) at a luncheon during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at the Mount Kumgang resort

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Kim Seom-Kyung (91) lies on a stretcher inside an ambulance with his North Korean son Kim Jin Cheon (66) as he prepares to leave the Diamond Mountain resort due to health reasons, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

A North Korean man hold hands and escort his relatives reunite their South Korean family members during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Lee Chun Hwa (R) gets a kiss from her North Korean sister Lee Chun Son before returning home after a separated family reunion meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Jung Hee-Kyung (81), (L) bids farewell to his North Korean relative before they return to their home after a family reunion having been separated for 60 years following the Korean War

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Kim Sa-Moon (L) meets with her North Korean older sister Kim Tae-Un (78), (R) during a family reunion after being separated for 60 years

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

Lim Tae-Wook, a North Korean woman, sobs as she leaves her South Korean older brother after a separated family reunion meeting at Mount Kumgang resort

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Korean Cho Do-Soon (C) and Cho Oh-Soon (R) meet their North Korean brother Cho Won-Je (82), (L) during a family reunion after being separated for 60 years

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

North Koreans on a bus hold their South Korean relatives hands after the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

South Koreans in a bus bid farewell to their North Korean relatives before they return to their home after a family reunion having been separated for 60 years following the Korean War. The program, which allows reunions of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean war, is a result of recent agreement between North and South Korea which had been suspended since 2010

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

North Korean Park Woon Hyung (93) waves to his South Korean relatives in a bus before it leaves for South Korea, after a separated family reunion meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort

In pictures: Elderly of North and South Korea meet after six decades

Separated Family Reunion Meeting in North Korea

North Korean Park Woon Hyung (93) and his South Korean brother Park Woon-hwa in a bus bid farewell after a separated family reunion meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort. Elderly North and South Koreans separated for six decades were tearfully reuniting, grateful to embrace children, brothers, sisters and spouses they had thought they might never see again

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