韓朝戰後離散家屬準備在朝鮮旅遊勝地團聚

Dozens of elderly Koreans gathered Sunday at the South Korean border with North Korea to be reunited with family members from the North as part of the first round of reunions in More than three years.

More than 57,000 South Koreans had registered for a chance to meet relatives in North Korea, but only 93 were chosen for the latest round of brief meetings, which are set to begin Monday in North Korea's Mount Kumgang tourist resort. Only 88 North Koreans have been allowed to participate.

Over three days, the participants will have six face-to-face meetings with their North Korean relatives -- under the watchful eyes of North Korean agents.

There have been just 20 reunions since 2000, the last one took place in October 2015.

Millions of Korean families were divided by the 1950-53 Korean War. After more than 50 years of separation, many of those waiting to be reunited with their loved ones have died. Most of those surviving are over 80 years of age.

Among those most desperate to reconnect with family are Korean-Americans who have never been included in the reunion process.

South Korean officials tried to have Korean-American families included in Monday's reunion, but Pyongyang rejected the notion.幾十名年邁的韓國人星期天（2018年8月19日）聚集在朝韓邊界，準備與居住在朝鮮的家庭成員團聚。這是三年多來朝韓首輪家庭團聚的一部分。

超過5萬7千名韓國人已經登記希望與居住在朝鮮的親人會面，但是隻有93人被選中參與星期一開始在朝鮮旅遊勝地金剛山舉行的最新一輪短暫家庭團聚。朝鮮方面只有88人被允許參加這次團聚。

在未來三天內，親屬們將在朝鮮當局人員的注視下舉行6次面對面的團聚。

自從2000年以來，雙方只安排了20次親人團聚活動。上一次團聚是在2015年的10月。

數以百萬計的朝鮮家庭被1950年至1953年的朝鮮戰爭拆散。分開50多年後，許多等待與親人團聚的人已經去世，依然在世的許多人已經年過80歲。

一些韓裔美國人也在最渴望與家人團聚的人之列，但他們從來沒有被納入團聚的計劃當中。

韓國官員曾試圖將韓裔美國家庭納入星期一開始的韓朝家庭團聚計劃，但被平壤當局拒絕。