<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">North and South Korea today agreed to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August – the first such meetings since 2015 and the latest step in a remarkable diplomatic thaw on the peninsula. </span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Millions of people were separated during the 1950-53 conflict that sealed the division of the two Koreas. </span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Most died without the chance to see or hear from their relatives on the other side of the border, across which all civilian communication is banned.</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The resumption of the family reunions was among the agreements reached between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's president Moon Jae-in at their landmark summit in April. </span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br />''</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Officials from both sides met at the North's scenic Mount Kumgang resort today and set a date for late August.</span></div>