It is an emotional long-awaited three days for the dozens of families picked for this round of reunions. But tens-of-thousands of others are still waiting for their turn to meet their long-separated relatives. This story comes courtesy of CNN's Paula Hancocks.

Lee Keum-Seom hugs her son for the first time in almost 70 years. The last time she saw him he was four. The emotions are raw- Lee is 92 and since being separated from her child in 1950, she never knew for sure if he was still alive. A tragic legacy of the Korean War that tore countless families apart. Lee told us she cried for a year when she fled to the south with her baby daughter after becoming separated from her husband and son in the panic.

LEE KEUM-SEOM 92-YEAR-OLD S. KOREAN MOTHER MEETING SON AFTER "Would it be okay to hug my son? He is over 70 years old now. When I see him I'll call his name Sang-chol and hug him."

And that's what she does, not letting go of his hand as he talks to his sister he hasn't seen since she was one. At every table in this resort in Mount Kamgang, the scene is the same. A rush of emotion as families greet relatives they barely recognise, relatives they only recently discovered were still alive. This is the first in three years. Even then only a fraction of the 57,000 families in the south who applied are chosen. And it is bittersweet- a controlled reunion with families meeting for just eleven hours over a three day period- before returning home knowing that is likely the last time they will see each other.