Report: N. Korea wants to trade aid for family reunions

Elderly South Koreans, who were separated from their families during the 1950-53 Korean War, hold a traditional ritual for their deceased relatives at Imjingak peace park in Paju in North Korea, near the inter-Korea border, on September 14.

North Korea has requested record shipments of rice and fertilizer in exchange for concessions on reuniting families separated by the Korean War nearly 60 years ago, the Yonhap news agency said Wednesday.
Pyongyang made its request at two-day talks between the two Koreas that ended Wednesday in the border town of Kaesong.
Seoul would consider the request for 500,000 tons of rice and 300,000 tons of fertilizer, but it was out of proportion with any previous aid to the communist North, Yonhap said, citing South Korean officials involved in the talks.
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