SEOUL: South Korea on Friday proposed formal talks next week with the North on arranging the first reunion in three years of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War.

In a telephone message, the South suggested holding discussions on August 23 under Red Cross auspices at the border village of Panmunjom, where the ceasefire ending Korean War hostilities was signed, the Unification Ministry said.

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