Son from N. Korea embraces his mother

Son from N. Korea embraces his mother

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean mother embraces her son from North Korea (in this pool photo) in Seoul on Aug. 15 in the first time the two have met since they were separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War. The son arrived in the South Korean capital earlier in the day. He was a member of a group of 100 North Koreans on a four-day visit for reunions with long-lost kin in South Korea.

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