SEOUL: South Korea sent advance teams into North Korea on Thursday ahead of next week’s rare reunion for families separated by the Korean War - a hugely emotional event that walks an unsteady diplomatic tightrope.
The October 20-26 reunion in North Korea’s Mount Kumgang resort is only the second in five years and, ever since it was agreed in August, has been dogged by concerns that Pyongyang might find cause to cancel.
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