Hundreds of Korean family members separated for more than half a century by the Korean war hugged and embraced each other in tearful reunions yesterday, a day after troops exchanged gunfire in the Demilitarised Zone dividing the countries. Picture shows North Korean Kim Ho-Sook meeting her South Korean nephew Kim Ho-Dae during one of the reunions at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North’s southeastern coast, near the border, yesterday.

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