Tearful reunions in North Korea
The program, which allows reunions of family members separated by the 1950-53 Korean war, is a result of recent agreement between North and South Korea which had been suspended since 2010.
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South Korean Park Yang-Gon (L) meets with his North Korean brother Park Yang-Soo during a family reunion after being separated for 60 years, Feb. 20, 2014, in Mount Kumgang, North Korea.
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South Korean Jung Hee-Kyung (L), 81, bids farewell to his North Korean relative before they return to their home after a family reunion, having been separated for 60 years following the Korean War, in Mount Kumgang, North Korea, Feb. 22, 2014.
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South Korean Park Yang-gon, left, and his North Korean brother Park Yang Soo get emotional as they met during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Feb. 20, 2014.
Elderly North and South Koreans separated for six decades are tearfully reuniting, grateful to embrace children, brothers, sisters and spouses they had thought they might never see again.
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South Korean Lee Young-shil, 87, right, meets with her North Korean sister Lee Jong Shil, 84, during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort, Feb. 20, 2014.
The rival nations struck a deal last week to go ahead with brief meetings of war-divided families, though there is wariness in Seoul that Pyongyang could back out again.
As they waited anxiously in the days leading up to the trip, many elderly Koreans had been unsure whether they would be able to see their long-lost relatives' faces before they die.
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