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Reunion of war-separated kin of two Koreas

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 22 Kyodo - North Korean women see off family members living in South Korea after being separated from by the 1950-1953 Korean War, following a divided family reunion event at Mt. Kumgang, a resort on the southeastern coast of North Korea, on Aug. 22, 2018. (Pool photo)

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Family reunion at Mt. Kumgang in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - South and North Korean families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War reunite at a snow-covered Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on Feb. 20, 2014. A total of 80 South Korean families returned to South Korea on Feb. 22 after a three-day reunion, which took place for the first time since 2010.

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Family reunion at Mt. Kumgang in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - South and North Korean families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War reunite at a snow-covered Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on Feb. 20, 2014. A total of 80 South Korean families returned to South Korea on Feb. 22 after a three-day reunion, which took place for the first time since 2010.

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Tour of N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese and other foreign tourists arrive at Kosong port in Kangwon Province, North Korea, on May 20, 2013, aboard the Singaporean cruise ship Royale Star, to view the Mt. Kumgang area.

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Tour of N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans hold a banner welcoming the Singaporean cruise ship Royale Star at Kosong port in Kangwon Province, North Korea, on May 20, 2013. The vessel carried Chinese and other foreign tourists to offer a view of the Mt. Kumgang area.

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Tour of N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Singaporean cruise ship Royale Star arrives at Kosong port in Kangwon Province, North Korea, on May 20, 2013, carrying Chinese and other foreign tourists, to offer a view of the Mt. Kumgang area.

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Mt. Kumgang issue

SEOUL, South Korea - Participants at an event in Goseong, Kangwon Province, South Korea, on Nov. 17, 2012, call for resuming a joint inter-Korean tour project in Mt. Kumgang, a scenic North Korean mountain resort. In the background is part of the Kumgang mountain range.

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N. Korea cruise tour to Mt. Kumgang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An image captured from video shows a ceremony being held at a port in Rason, a special zone close to the Chinese border on the east coast of North Korea, on Aug. 30, 2011, to mark the departure of the passenger ship Mangyongbong for the Mt. Kumgang resort. North Korea commenced a cruise tour using the vessel for foreign travelers to visit Mt. Kumgang after expropriating facilities at the resort that had been operated by a South Korean developer.

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N. Korea cruise tour to Mt. Kumgang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An image captured from video shows the passenger ship Mangyongbong berthed at Kosong port in Kangwon Province, North Korea, on Aug. 31, 2011. North Korea commenced a cruise tour using the vessel for foreign travelers to visit the Mt. Kumgang resort after expropriating facilities at the resort that had been operated by a South Korean developer.

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Mt. Kumgang resort in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - A photo taken on July 4, 2011 shows the entrance to a karaoke bar with a sign announcing it is closed at Kumgangsan Hotel in Gangwon Province, North Korea.

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Mt. Kumgang resort in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - A photo taken on July 5, 2011 shows a tourist guide on a mountain road to the Kuryong waterfall at Mt. Kumgang in Gangwon Province, North Korea.

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Mt. Kumgang resort in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - A photo taken on July 4, 2011 shows an almost empty lobby at Kumgangsan Hotel in Gangwon Province, North Korea.

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S. Korean abductee parts again with mother

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (front), the mother of Kim Young Nam believed to be a South Korean abductee, speaks to reporters at a border village near the Demilitarized Zone in Kosong, in the far northeast of South Korea, on June 30 after meeting Kim Young Nam at the North Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang. Behind is her daughter Kim Young Ja.

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S. Korean abductee parts again with mother

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (in wheelchair), the mother of Kim Young Nam believed to be a South Korean abductee, and her daughter Kim Young Ja (R) arrive at a border village near the Demilitarized Zone in Kosong, in the far northeast of South Korea, on June 30 after meeting Kim Young Nam at the North Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang.

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Abductee's mother on way to meet son

SOKCHO, South Korea - South Korea's Choi Gye Wol (C), the mother of Kim Young Nam, abducted by North Korea and believed to be the husband of Japanese victim of N. Korean abduction Megumi Yokota, and Kim's sister, Kim Young Ja (2nd from R), arrive at Sokcho in the country northeast on June 27 on their way to meet with Kim Young Nam as part of a special reunion between separated families and relatives to be held at the North's Mt. Kumgang.

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(2)Memorial services held for Chung Mong Hun

SEOUL, South Korea - A memorial cenotaph for Chung Mong Hun, chairman of Hyundai Asan Co., who committed suicide on Aug. 4, is unveiled on Mt. Kumgang in North Korea on Aug. 11. Chung reportedly left a suicide note in which he said he wants his ashes to be scattered on the mountain.

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(3)Memorial services held for Chung Mong Hun

SEOUL, South Korea - Chung Mong Joon, South Korean lawmaker and a younger brother of Chung Mong Hun, chairman of Hyundai Asan Co., who committed suicide on Aug. 4, scatters his brother's ashes in the Mt. Kumgang district in North Korea. Chung reportedly left a suicide note in which he said he wants his ashes to be scattered on the mountain.

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(1)Memorial services held for Chung Mong Hun in N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Memorial services are held on Mt. Kumgang in North Korea on Aug. 11 for Chung Mong Hun, chairman of Hyundai Asan Co., who committed suicide on Aug. 4. Chung reportedly left a suicide note in which he said he wants his ashes to be scattered on the mountain.

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2 Koreas to resume ministerial talks Aug. 12-14

MT. KUMGANG, North Korea - Choe Song Ik (L), chief of Secretariat Sections of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, and Rhee Bong Jo (L), South Korea's assistant unification minister for policy, shake hands at Mt. Kumgang after issuing a five-point press statement. They have agreed to resume a seventh round of ministerial talks on Aug. 12-14 in Seoul. (Pool photo)

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2 Koreas hold working-level talks

MT. KUMGANG, North Korea - Rhee Bong Jo (L), South Korea's assistant unification minister for policy, and Choi Sung Ik from North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, shake hands at the outset of working-level talks on Mt. Kumgang in eastern North Korea on Aug. 3. (Pool photo)

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Seoul urges Pyongyang to resume exchanges of divided families

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Hong Soon Young (2nd from R) shake hands with Kim Ryong Song, a North Korean cabinet councilor, at Mt. Kumgang in eastern North Korea on Nov. 9 at the start of the sixth ministerial inter-Korean talks. The photo was taken by a South Korean media group representative.

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S. Korea's state-run KNTO joins Mt. Kumgang tourism project

SEOUL, June 20 Kyodo - Hyundai Asan Co. President Kim Yoon Kyu (L) and Cho Hong Kyu, president of South Korea's state-run Korea National Tourism Organization, shake hands after signing an agreement in Seoul on June 20. KNTO will take part in Hyundai Asan's tourism project in North Korea's Mt. Kumgang scenic area.

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Hyundai founder returns after meeting Kim Jong Il

PANMUNJOM, Korea - Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung (C) returns to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on Oct. 2 morning after a five-day visit to North Korea where he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Chung told reporters his talks with Kim focused on a tour project at Mt. Kumgang and a plan to set up an industrial complex on the west coast of North Korea.

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N. Korea to open beaches near Mt. Kumgang to tourism

South Korea's Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung returns to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on March 11 from a three-day visit to North Korea. He told reporters that North Korea has agreed in principle to allow tourists to visit beaches near scenic Mt. Kumgang in North Korea from this summer.

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Hyundai founder Chung visits N. Korea

Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung (C) enters North Korea Feb. 4 via the truce village of Panmunjom for talks on the Mt. Kumgang tourism project and the establishment of an industrial complex in the North. Chung, accompanied by six Hyundai executives, crossed Panmunjom, the only inter-Korean border-crossing point, at around 11 a.m. He plans to return by the same route Feb. 6.

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Cruise ship departs for N. Korean tour

The Hyundai Kumgang, a cruise ship operated by South Korea's Hyundai Business Group, sets sail from Tonghae port on the east coast of South Korea on Nov. 18 for its first official sightseeing trip to North Korea's Mt. Kumgang. The first tourist ship service between North and South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953, is expected to become a major means of private-sector inter-Korean exchanges.

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N. Korea to open beaches near Mt. Kumgang to tourism

South Korea's Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung returns to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom on March 11 from a three-day visit to North Korea. He told reporters that North Korea has agreed in principle to allow tourists to visit beaches near scenic Mt. Kumgang in North Korea from this summer.

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Seoul urges Pyongyang to resume exchanges of divided families

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Hong Soon Young (2nd from R) shake hands with Kim Ryong Song, a North Korean cabinet councilor, at Mt. Kumgang in eastern North Korea on Nov. 9 at the start of the sixth ministerial inter-Korean talks. The photo was taken by a South Korean media group representative.

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Overland route from S. Korea to Mt. Kumgang opens

SEOUL, South Korea - Sightseeing busses carrying South Korean tourists take an overland route from South Korea to Mt. Kumgang in North Korea on Feb. 14. Earlier, a ceremony was held to mark the opening of the route, the only other crossing point beside the truce village Panmunjom. (Yonhap-Kyodo)

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S. Korea's state-run KNTO joins Mt. Kumgang tourism project

SEOUL, June 20 Kyodo - Hyundai Asan Co. President Kim Yoon Kyu (L) and Cho Hong Kyu, president of South Korea's state-run Korea National Tourism Organization, shake hands after signing an agreement in Seoul on June 20. KNTO will take part in Hyundai Asan's tourism project in North Korea's Mt. Kumgang scenic area.

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(3)Chung Mong Hun

KOSONG, South Korea - Chung Mong Hun, chairman of Hyundai Asan Co., at a press conference in Kosong in northeastern South Korea after his first overland visit to Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea. The photo was taken Feb. 16, 2003. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea holds investment seminar on Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Yun Yong Sok, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Promotion of Development of the Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone, explains the government's development plan during a seminar on Mt. Kumgang on May 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea holds investment seminar on Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Participants listen to a presentation at an investment seminar held on Mt. Kumgang in North Korea on May 27, 2015. The event, aimed at attracting foreign investment in the "Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone," was the first on-site investment seminar since the zone was created in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea holds investment seminar on Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Participants emerge from an investment seminar held on North Korea's Mt. Kumgang on May 27, 2015. The event, aimed at attracting foreign investment in the "Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone," was the first on-site investment seminar since the zone was created in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea holds seminar on investment in Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Takeyasu Kojima, president of Tokyo-based Sanshin Travel Service Inc., speaks in an interview on May 27, 2015, about his participation in an investment seminar held on North Korea's Mt. Kumgang. The event, aimed at attracting foreign investment in the "Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone," was the first on-site investment seminar since the zone was created in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reunion of Koreas war-separated kin

Sisters separated since the 1950-1953 Korean War meet during a temporary reunion event at Mt. Kumgang, a resort on the southeastern coast of North Korea, on Aug. 24, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reunion of war-separated kin of two Koreas

North Korean women see off family members living in South Korea after being separated from by the 1950-1953 Korean War, following a divided family reunion event at Mt. Kumgang, a resort on the southeastern coast of North Korea, on Aug. 22, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean prepares for reunion with sisters in N. Korea

South Korean man An Yun Jun (R) talks with his wife in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Oct. 12, 2015, prior to his reunion with two younger sisters for the first time in nearly 70 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea. The brief reunions for Korean families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War began on Oct. 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean thinks of reunion with sisters in N. Korea

South Korean man An Yun Jun, 86, speaks in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Oct. 12, 2015, about his upcoming reunion with two younger sisters for the first time in nearly 70 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea. The brief reunions for Korean families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War began on Oct. 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photos of Kim Young Nam's family released by sister

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the family of Kim Young Nam (R), who is believed to have been abducted by North Korea. The undated photo was released by Kim's sister Kim Young Ja, who met him at the N. Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang, after returning from N. Korea. With Kim are his wife Pak Chun Hwa (C, back), daughter Kim Eum Gyong (Hye Gyong) (L) and son Kim Chol Bong (front). (South Korea pool photo-Kyodo)

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Photos of Kim Young Nam's family released by sister

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the family of Kim Young Nam (R), who is believed to have been abducted by North Korea. The undated photo was released by Kim's sister Kim Young Ja, who met him at the N. Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang, after returning from N. Korea. With Kim (from L to R) are his son Kim Chol Bong, wife Pak Chun Hwa and daughter Kim Eum Gyong (Hye Gyong). (South Korea pool photo-Kyodo)

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Photos of Kim Young Nam's family released by sister

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows Kim Eum Gyong (Hye Gyong), the daughter of Kim Young Nam, who is believed to have been abducted by North Korea. The undated photo was released by Kim's sister Kim Young Ja, who met him at the N. Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang, after returning from N. Korea. (South Korea pool photo-Kyodo)

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Photos of Kim Young Nam's family released by sister

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the family of Kim Young Nam (L), who is believed to have been abducted by North Korea. The undated photo was released by Kim's sister Kim Young Ja, who met him at the N. Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang, after returning from N. Korea. With Kim are his wife Pak Chun Hwa (C, back), daughter Kim Eum Gyong (Hye Gyong) (R) and son Kim Chol Bong (front). (South Korea pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold last meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (3rd from R), the mother of Kim Young Nam (4th from R), believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, looks at a photo album during their last meeting at Mt. Kumgan resort in North Korea on June 30. They are flanked by (from L to R) Kim Hye Gyong, a daughter of Kim Young Nam, Kim's elder sister Kim Young Ja, his son Kim Chol Bong and his wife Pak Chun Hwa. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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S. Korean abductee parts again with mother

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (in wheelchair), the mother of Kim Young Nam believed to be a South Korean abductee, and her daughter Kim Young Ja (R) arrive at a border village near the Demilitarized Zone in Kosong, in the far northeast of South Korea, on June 30 after meeting Kim Young Nam at the North Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean abductee parts again with mother

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Gye Wol (front), the mother of Kim Young Nam believed to be a South Korean abductee, speaks to reporters at a border village near the Demilitarized Zone in Kosong, in the far northeast of South Korea, on June 30 after meeting Kim Young Nam at the North Korean resort of Mt. Kumgang. Behind is her daughter Kim Young Ja. (Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family end meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L), the mother of Kim Young Nam, believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, says goodbye to Kim Hye Gyong, a daughter of Kim Young Nam, as Choi leaves the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 30 for South Korea after a three-day reunion with Kim's family. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family end meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Young Nam (R), believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, sees off his mother Choi Gye Wol with his wife Pak Chun Hwa and two children after their three-day reunion there. Choi was returning to South Korea. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family end meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (L), the mother of Kim Young Nam (R), believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, holds her son's hand as Choi leaves the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 30 for South Korea after a three-day reunion with Kim's family there. They were reunited for the first time in 28 years. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold last meeting

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Choi Gye Wol (R), the mother of Kim Young Nam (L), believed to be a South Korean abductee who was married to Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, weeps during their last meeting at Mt. Kumgan resort in North Korea on June 30. They were reunited for the first time in 28 years. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)