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Koreas sign accord on family reunions, ex-prisoners+

MT. KUMGANG, North Korea - South Korean Red Cross official Park Ki Ryun (L) shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Choi Song Chul on June 30 after they signed an agreement to allow reunions of families separated during the 1950-1953 Korean War and the repatriation of former North Korean prisoners. They signed the accord after a third round of talks at the Kumgangsan Hotel at North Korea's Mt. Kumgang.

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North, South Korea agree on family reunions

KUMGANG, North Korea - South Korean chief delegate Park Ki Ryun (L) and his North Korean counterpart Choe Sung Chol (R) walk side by side to a conference room in a hotel in North Korea's Mt. Kumgang for a third round of Red Cross talks June 29, as shown in this photo provided by the South Korean media pool. They agreed on exchanging members of separated families on Aug. 15 and on South Korea's repatriation to the North of ''unconverted long-term prisoners'' in early September.

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Korean Red Cross teams discuss reuniting families

KUMGANG, North Korea - North and South Korean Red Cross officials hold a second round of talks June 29 in Kumpang, North Korea, as shown in this photo provided by the South Korean media pool. Meeting at a hotel at Mt. Kumgang, the two sides discussed reuniting families separated during the 1950-1953 Korean War. The South Korean side was headed by chief delegate Park Ki Ryun (L), and the North by Choe Sung Chol (R).