Second Group of S.Korean Separated Families Leaves for Reunions in DPRK

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Second Group of S.Korean Separated Families Leaves for Reunions in DPRK

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A group of 472 South Korean separated family members on Monday left a South Korean northern port for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to meet their 100 senior DPRK relatives separated during the Korean War (1950-1953).

The visit follows last Sunday's return of 100 elderly South Korean people to the port of Sokcho, some 300 kilometers northeastto Seoul in Gangwon Province, after winding up a three-day trip tothe Geumgang mountain to meet their folks living in the DPRK.

A cruise ship named Solbong left the port carrying a 690-memberSouth Korean delegation including government and Red Cross officials and reporters bound for Changjon, a gateway to the mountain earlier Monday, reported national news agency Yonhap News.

The seventh round of inter-Korean separated family members' reunions is the first one after South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun took office in February.

The South Koreans are scheduled to hold group reunions at a facility later in the day in the resort area of the mountain run by Hyundai Asan. The families will also hold private, individual reunions on Tuesday before returning home on Wednesday.

The reunions have been able to resume after Pyongyang restartedthe Mount Geumgang tourist project, which was suspended in April due to concerns over the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

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