North Korea has begun demolishing the reunion center for families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the last South Korean government facility within the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region in the North,

SEOUL -- The Republic of South Korea's unification ministry said Thursday that it confirmed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea dismantling the reunion center of separated families in the DPRK's Mount Kumgang tourist area.

Seoul's Unification Ministry, which handles affairs between the two Koreas, issued a statement urging North Korea to immediately stop the action at the site near the border

Officials in South Korea revealed that Pyongyang is in the process of dismantling a facility used reunite families separated since the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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.”