00:00South Korean President Lee Jae-myung urges the North to consider resuming reunions of families separated during the Korean War.
00:08Ahead of the national Chusheok Thanksgiving holidays, Lee expressed hope for an easing of hostilities and for cooperation to resume with Pyonyang.
00:17Speaking to South Koreans with relatives in the North, Lee said it was a political responsibility for the two Koreas to allow split families to communicate and exchange letters.
00:30He added that this was part of humanitarian cooperation between the two neighbors.
00:35According to South Korea's Unification Ministry, around 36,000 South Koreans separated from their families in the North have requested government assistance for reunions.
00:45The last family reunions between the two Koreas took place in August 2018 and were later halted as inter-Korean tensions rose.
00:56Pyongyang announced in February that it was dismantling a facility used for the family reunions, signaling the strain in ties with the South.
01:05Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has also rejected the possibility of dialogue with Seoul, saying the North had no interest in dialogue.
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