Dozens of families from South and North Korea who’ve been separated for six decades reunited Thursday.
The emotional reunions came during a rare period of détente between the rival Koreas, and are all the more poignant because the participants will part again in a few days, likely forever.
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About 80 South Koreans travelled with their families through falling snow to North Korea’s Diamond Mountain resort to meet children, brothers, sisters, spouses and other relatives.
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 died.
Below we take a look at some of the heartbreaking reunions:
South Korean Lee Son-hyang, 88, (left) and her North Korean brother Lee Yoon Geun, 72, get emotional as they reunite during the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea, Feb. 20, 2014. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Ji-eun)
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