SEOUL – South Korea on Thursday urged North Korea to immediately halt the demolition of facilities used for reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, denouncing it as an “inhumane act” that crushes the long-held hopes of aging Koreans longing to be reunited with loved ones across the heavily fortified border.

South Korea condemned North Korea’s demolition of a 12-story resort where families separated by the Korean War held brief reunions, calling the action “an act against humanity.”

North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it continues t