Anchor: Red Cross organizations from South and North Korea have agreed to hold reunions of separated families at the North’s Mount Geumgang from October 20 to 26. The South accepted the North's demand on a timeline for the reunions, agreeing to hold another meeting at a later date to discuss other matters such as regularizing the reunions.
Our Kim Eun-ji has more.
 
Report: The two Koreas have decided to hold reunions next month of 100 families separated by the Korean War. 
 
Red Cross delegations from the South and the North reached an agreement on Tuesday after a marathon discussion that lasted for more than 23 hours from 10:50 a.m. on Monday at the Peace House in the South Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjeom. 
 
According to the adopted agreement, the reunions will take place at Mount Geumgang from October 20 to 26. 
 
On September 15, the two sides will exchange lists of names to determine the fates of separated family members. They agreed to exchange the names of 250 applicants from South Korea and 200 from the North.
 
The lists will be returned on October 5 with information about the living status of family members. Final lists of 100 people from each country will then be exchanged on October 8.
 
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, head of the South Korean Red Cross delegation Lee Duk-haeng said the additional 50 applicants on the list from Seoul include Korean War prisoners and those who were kidnapped by the North, adding that they are always included for the reunions if their family members are confirmed to be living. 
 
[Soundbite: Lee Duk-haeng, chief of Korean Red Cross delegation (Korean)]
"A hundred people from each Korea will attend the reunions, and one or two additional family members will join to aide those who have difficulty walking."
 
The two sides were able to reach an agreement without difficulty on the number of families to be reunited and a venue for the reunions. The most contested notion was the timing, with the South accepting the North's demand. 
 
The South Korean delegation reportedly sought a response from Pyongyang on regularizing the reunions, as agreed in principle at the high-level talks on August 25. The North, however, is said to have reacted passively.
 
The two Koreas decided to hold a meeting in the near future to discuss matters of mutual interest that are related to continuing reunions of separated families.
 
The reunions were last held in February 2014. The October event will be the 20th reunion since they began in August 2000. 
Kim Eun-ji, KBS World Radio News.