In a tear-jerking incident, a 92-year-old Korean woman held her 71-year-old son's hand on Monday for the first time since he was four.
According to an AP report, at the end of the war, Lee and her daughter made it into South Korea, while Ri and his father were stuck in North Korea. After 68 long years, mother and son have now reunited.
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"How many children do you have? Do you have a son?" Lee Keum-seom asked her son during their emotional reunion, according to the Associated Press.
"Mother, this is how my father looked," Ri said as he handed his mother a photo of her late husband.
About 20,000 people have participated in 20 rounds of reunions since 1985, when the first such gatherings were organised. People are chosen to participate through a lottery system, but in the past, some South Koreans have died or become too ill to travel before the reunions, according to reports.
This gathering is a result of the historic meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in that took place earlier this year.