With one day left until the inter-Korean family reunions, some 390 South Koreans who will take part in the first round of the event have gathered at a resort in Sokcho, Gangwon Province. 
 
After attending an informational orientation session on Monday, they will leave for Mount Geumgang at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to meet family members from the North at the first round of reunions.
 
Over three days, the participants of the first round will meet with their long-lost North Korean families for a total of 12 hours, before returning to South Korea on Thursday.
 
In addition to the family members, 118 support personnel and 29 journalists will take part in the first round. 
 
The second round will begin Saturday and continue for three days with 90 South Korean families slated to reunite with 188 of their North Korean kin.
 
The oldest participants in the reunions are 98 years old from the South and 88 from the North. 

The Unification Ministry said it expanded the number of medical workers from 12 to 18 and the number of ambulances from four to five, given the large number of elderly among the South Korean participants.