N. Korea to allow family visits from South
Posted: August 17, 2009 at 2:26 a.m.
North Korea announced today that it would resume reunions of families separated by the border with South Korea and restart stalled tourism ventures in its latest gesture of conciliation after nearly 18 months of rising tensions.
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