Seoul, North Korea and family reunion

Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
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 to eliminate symbols of engagement between the war-divided rivals.
North Korea destroys family reunion centre in 'inhumane act', Seoul says
North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the Korean War and the division of the country, Seoul said Thursday, calling the move "inhumane". "The demolition of the Mount Kumgang Reunion Center is an inhumane act that tramples on the earnest wishes of separated families,
Seoul voices regret over North Korea’s ‘dismantlement’ of family reunion facility
The center acted as a beacon of humanity and reconciliation, hosting five family reunion events between September 2009 and August 2018
N. Korea dismantles reunion facility for separated families
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