KTV to broadcast cross

Separated family members say goodbye on the last day of the first round of 20th family reunions in this 2015 Korea Times file photo. Joint Press Corp.

By Jung Da-min

South Korea's state-run broadcaster KTV will provide live broadcasts of inter-Korean family reunions next week.

KTV will televise the historic event from Monday to Sunday (Aug. 20-26). The broadcasts will be shown at 8:20 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday; 1 p.m. on Wednesday; 8:20 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday; 1 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Viewers will also be able to watch the broadcasts on KTV's social media ― Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Naver TV.

The last inter-Korean family reunions were held in October 2015 under the Park Geun-hye administration. After the Korean War (1950-53) separated millions of families, South and North Korea held the first reunions in September 1985.

In the first round of the event (Aug. 20-22), 93 people from South Korea will meet family members at a resort on Mount Geumgang in North Korea. In the next round (Aug. 24-26), 88 people from North Korea will meet family members from the South on Mount Geumgang.

According to the Ministry of Unification, 87 percent of the South Korean participants are 80 or older.