SEOUL: North and South Korea agreed on Wednesday to hold a reunion later this month for families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War—the first such event for more than three years.

The agreement marked a rare moment of cooperation between the two rivals, especially coming just weeks before the South kicks off joint military exercises with the United States that have been vehemently denounced by Pyongyang.

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