South Koreans Head for Reunions With North Korean Families

Several hundred mostly elderly South Koreans headed for North Korea Tuesday for a reunion with relatives they have been separated from since the Korean War. Traveling in a fleet of buses following four black sedans flying Red Cross flags, they left a resort in the northeastern city of Sokcho, and headed to the heavily-fortified border where they hope to restore family ties that were cut during the 1950-53 war that ended in an uneasy truce between the communist North and democratic South....

© La Voix de l'Amérique - lundi 19 octobre 2015