Seoul, North Korea

North Korea dismantling facility near border for separated families, Seoul says
North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after the Korean War, South Korea said on Thursday, in the latest sign of strained tensions between the two Koreas.
Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it continues to eliminate symbols of engagement between the war-divided rivals.
North Korea destroys family reunion centre in 'inhumane act', Seoul says
North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the Korean War and the division of the country, Seoul said Thursday, decrying the
Seoul voices regret over North Korea’s ‘dismantlement’ of family reunion facility
The center acted as a beacon of humanity and reconciliation, hosting five family reunion events between September 2009 and August 2018
N. Korea dismantles reunion facility for separated families
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