Two Koreas sign accord

Seoul - South and North Korea signed an accord yesterday to reunite relatives separated by the division of the peninsula half…

Seoul - South and North Korea signed an accord yesterday to reunite relatives separated by the division of the peninsula half a century ago, officials said.

The accord, which also covered the repatriation of long-term communist prisoners in the South, was reached at the end of five days of talks in the North.

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