Red Cross officials from South Korea are scheduled to meet with representatives from the DPRK on Friday at Mount Kumgang. The two sides will discuss humanitarian issues, including the possible resumption of family reunions. CGTN'S Shane Hahm reports.

SHANE HAHM SEOUL "The ROK and DPRK are holding more talks at the border this week. This time, talks are spearheaded by the Red Cross from both sides. On the agenda will be mainly humanitarian issues; more importantly resuming family reunions for families that were separated by the Korean War. There's also word of both sides possibly discussing making these events more normalised so that they can occur more regularly. Particularly there might be a project starting for families trying to locate and determine if loved ones are still alive across the DMZ. This came about after President Moon and Chairman Kim agreed to hold reunions sometime in mid-August."

PARK KYUNG-SEO PRESIDENT, SOUTH KOREAN RED CROSS "We will discuss various humanitarian issues with the DPRK. In particular, we will do our best to discuss how much and in what way we can ease the sorrows of 57,000 divided family members."

Family reunions were last held in 2015. But just this year alone, we've seen relations improve, most notably with the Winter Olympics, inter-Korean summit, the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore. In the meantime, inter-Korean ties are getting back on track. Agreements in sports, military talks, also rail, road, infrastructure, forestry are all areas that both sides seem keen on improving.

SHANE HAHM SEOUL "There's also an agreement that a liaison office will open sometime in August. But the most urgent of all is likely family reunions, many are of old age. It's been nearly 6.5 decades since the end of the Korean War. SH, CGTN, Seoul."