S.Korea to offer financial support for reunion of war-separated Korean families

South Korea has decided to offer financial support for the reunion of the war-separated Korean families, scheduled in late August, Seoul's unification ministry said Wednesday.

Two Koreas agree on dates for family reunions

Officials from North and South Korea have agreed to arrange reunions for families separated by the Korean War from August 20 to August 26, South Korea's Ministry of Unification has said.

Seoul to discuss family reunions with Pyongyang during intra-Korean talks

South Korea will seek to discuss the issue of divided families during landmark intra-Korean talks with its neighbor to the north later this week, Yonhap news agency reports.

Austria to adopt Stricter asylum policy in mid-November

The Austrian government is to implement tougher asylum laws starting mid-November that include a "timed asylum" measure along with toughened family reunification rules.

S Koreans arrive in North for emotional family reunions

Hundreds of South Koreans have crossed the border to North Korea in a stream of buses for emotional reunions with relatives they have been separated from since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago.

Inter-Korean cooperation increasingly frail

South Korea played down speculation over imminent talks with North Korea on Tuesday, just a month ahead of scheduled reunions for relatives separated by the tense inter-Korean border.

S. Korea, DPRK (North Korea) agree to hold family reunion in October

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Tuesday to hold the reunion of Korean families, separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, late next month in the DPRK's Mount Kumgang resort, Seoul's unification ministry said.

S. Korea, DPRK begin working-level talks for family reunion

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday began working-level Red Cross talks for reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

S. Korea proposes family reunion talks with DPRK on Sept. 7

South Korea's Red Cross proposed working-level talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sept. 7 to discuss the reunion of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War, the Unification Ministry said on Friday.