As reunion ends, South and North Korean families to say goodbye
- 6 years ago
South and North Korea have held two rounds of family reunions over the past week.
And today is the final day of the second round.
The familes from both sides met each other in the North for the first time in nearly 70 years.
They'll have a couple more hours together today before they have to part ways again.
Let's go to our Kan Hyeong-woo who is at the Unification Observatory in Goseong, South Korea, right next to the border.
Hyeong-woo, what's the atmosphere like? and give us the details on the agenda for today.
Well Ji-yeon, as you could imagine… seeing their long-lost relatives for the first time in decades and having to be apart again,… words cannot describe how heartbreaking it must be.
For the last three days, they've had some private meetings and some in a group setting.
As we speak, they're in their last group session, which began at 10 AM.
They'll have three hours together, including lunch, and will say goodbye at 1PM.
By the end of today's meeting, the families will have spent 12 hours together in total.
The atmosphere on Saturday at the group session was cheerful, but today it seems quite different. The participants know they have to leave each other again... after only a matter of hours together.
Some South Korean participants told the pool reporters this morning that the three-day reunion went by too quickly… and that they had been crying all morning.
The buses are scheduled to leave Mount Kumgang at 1:45 PM… in what's sure to be another emotional scene… without knowing if they'll ever be able to meet again.
After saying their goodbyes, the South Koreans will cross the border this afternoon.( )
Behind me is where the South Korean families will be coming back from Mount Kumgang... and when they arrive back at Hanwha Resort, that'll be the end of the 21st inter-Korean family reunion.
Back to you Ji-yeon.
And today is the final day of the second round.
The familes from both sides met each other in the North for the first time in nearly 70 years.
They'll have a couple more hours together today before they have to part ways again.
Let's go to our Kan Hyeong-woo who is at the Unification Observatory in Goseong, South Korea, right next to the border.
Hyeong-woo, what's the atmosphere like? and give us the details on the agenda for today.
Well Ji-yeon, as you could imagine… seeing their long-lost relatives for the first time in decades and having to be apart again,… words cannot describe how heartbreaking it must be.
For the last three days, they've had some private meetings and some in a group setting.
As we speak, they're in their last group session, which began at 10 AM.
They'll have three hours together, including lunch, and will say goodbye at 1PM.
By the end of today's meeting, the families will have spent 12 hours together in total.
The atmosphere on Saturday at the group session was cheerful, but today it seems quite different. The participants know they have to leave each other again... after only a matter of hours together.
Some South Korean participants told the pool reporters this morning that the three-day reunion went by too quickly… and that they had been crying all morning.
The buses are scheduled to leave Mount Kumgang at 1:45 PM… in what's sure to be another emotional scene… without knowing if they'll ever be able to meet again.
After saying their goodbyes, the South Koreans will cross the border this afternoon.( )
Behind me is where the South Korean families will be coming back from Mount Kumgang... and when they arrive back at Hanwha Resort, that'll be the end of the 21st inter-Korean family reunion.
Back to you Ji-yeon.