October 1, 2010 6:04 PM

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North-South Korea to hold talks on 1950s split family reunions

North and South Korea have agreed to hold another round of reunions of families split by the countries' war in the 1950s. One hundred families from each side of the border will be allowed to meet their relatives from October 30 at a mountain resort in the North. There are no communications across the border for ordinary citizens. The meetings would be the first since the South accused the North of sinking one of its warships in March. Officials from the two sides also agreed to hold another round of talks later in October to discuss how to hold the reunions on a more regular basis. The last reunions were held in October 2009. The agreement comes after military officials from the two sides failed to make any progress in their first meeting in two years.

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