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North Korea’s Red Cross on Friday rejected a proposal by its South Korean counterpart for talks aimed at restarting reunions for families separated since the Korean War, according to the North’s state media.<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Korea’s Red Cross had proposed the talks on Wednesday to discuss a resumption of temporary reunions for family members separated since the 1950-1953 war.<\/p>\n

But the North rejected the offer, accusing its neighbor of blocking cross-border exchanges, and insisting the South should first reopen suspended tours to its Mount Kumgang resort on the border.<\/p>\n

Family reunions have been held at the resort since it was opened in 1998 as a symbol of reconciliation between the two Koreas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seoul suspended cross-border tours by its citizens after a North Korean soldier shot dead a South Korean housewife in July 2008.<\/p>\n

The reunion program has halted due to cross-border tensions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of family members were separated during the war.<\/strong> There are no civilian mail or phone connections across the border, and many do not even know whether their relatives are alive or dead.<\/p>\n

Since 2000, sporadic events have briefly reunited more than 17,000 people face-to-face and an estimated 3,700 – usually those too frail to travel – via video link.<\/p>\n

But 80,000 people in the South alone are on the waiting list for reunions and thousands die every year before getting their chance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tensions remain high after the North’s failed rocket launch in April. <\/strong>Pyongyang has also threatened attacks on Lee’s government and conservative media for perceived insults to its regime.<\/p>\n

Just unite as one! One Korea! One day?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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