A group of elderly participants from the Republic of Korea (ROK) headed to the Mount Kumgang resort in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday morning for a temporary meeting with their war-separated families.
The three-day reunion that ends on Sunday is the second session of family reunions after 89 elderly from the South met their relatives with laughs and tears earlier this week.
About 326 people from 81 families crossed the border in the rain on Friday morning. They are expected to arrive at the resort shortly after noon, and meet their relatives around 3 p.m. local time.
People from the South depart for family reunions on Friday morning, Aug. 24, 2018. /Yonhap Photo
The family reunion is the first of its kind since October 2015. It came after an agreement reached between DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and ROK President Moon Jae-in during a summit in April.
Seoul's Unification Ministry said they attempted to regularize such reunions.
The ministry said on Tuesday that it will hold consultations with Pyongyang to regularize family reunion events, locate long-lost families and allow people to visit their hometowns on the other side.