N. Korea Red Cross agrees to talks on family reunion

Red Cross officials from the two Koreas have agreed to talks next month to resume cross-border family reunions after millions of people were separated during the 1950-53 conflict. - AFP

Seoul (AFP) - The North Korean Red Cross has agreed to working-level talks with its South Korean counterpart early next month on arranging a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, officials said Saturday.

The initiative follows an inter-Korean agreement reached earlier this week that committed both sides to organise a reunion sometime around the Chuseok harvest festival holiday, which falls on September 27.