North and South Share Heartbreak

Millions of Koreans have been separated since the 1950-53 Korean war. The war did not end with a peace treaty, rather an armistice. North and South Korea agreed to hold a six day reunion at the North's Mount Kumgang resort starting September 25th 2013. 

Selected families were supposed to reunite after an interminable six decades of separation post-war. Most of the people were selected in consideration of their age--in their seventy's--to enable them to see their loved ones before they pass away.

''The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted the government as saying Seoul's "hostile" policy was to blame for the last-minute cancellation, singling out the South's military exercises with the United States and a recent crackdown on allegedly pro-Pyongyang leftist'', reports AFP News Agency.

The unification Ministry in South Korea denounced the North's decision and stated it to be inhumane. About 75 South Koreans were sent to Diamond Mountain in preparation for the reunion and had to return home.

The Peaceful Reunification committee in Pyongyang says that improved ties depend only and entirely on Seoul.