<p>The reunions, which give divided families their first chance to see one another in six decades, started mid-afternoon at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North's southeastern coast, near the border, Yonhap news agency said.<br /><br />"How are you, you... I could only see you in dreams," said Kim Rae-Jung, 96, from the South, choked in tears as she touched the face of her 71-year-old daughter, Wu Jong-Hye, from the North.<br /><br />"I've been living well here, mother," said the daughter with tears dripping from her chin.<br />She showed her mother pictures of her relatives and some 20 medals of honour that she and members of her family had received from the North Korean government.<br /><br />The daughter was left behind in the North when other family members fled to the South in 1951 to avoid advancing Chinese troops during the Korean War.<br /><br />Some 430 South Koreans crossed into the North today in a convoy of buses for the reunions.<br /><br />The South Koreans from 97 families will spend three days with 97 relatives in North Korea from whom they were separated by the war.<br /><br />Lee Moon-Yeong, in his 70s, said he had spent a sleepless night in anticipation of seeing one of his brothers after so many years apart with no chance of any communication.<br /><br />He had previously feared the brother might have been killed in action after joining the North Korean army during the 1950-53 Korean War.<br /><br />"Brothers were fighting against brothers. What a tragedy it was," he said.<br /><br />Lee's second brother died in 1952 while fighting for the South.<br /><br />North and South Korean troops yesterday briefly exchanged fire across the frontier, heightening tensions before next month's G20 summit of world leaders in Seoul. No casualties were reported.</p>
<p>The reunions, which give divided families their first chance to see one another in six decades, started mid-afternoon at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North's southeastern coast, near the border, Yonhap news agency said.<br /><br />"How are you, you... I could only see you in dreams," said Kim Rae-Jung, 96, from the South, choked in tears as she touched the face of her 71-year-old daughter, Wu Jong-Hye, from the North.<br /><br />"I've been living well here, mother," said the daughter with tears dripping from her chin.<br />She showed her mother pictures of her relatives and some 20 medals of honour that she and members of her family had received from the North Korean government.<br /><br />The daughter was left behind in the North when other family members fled to the South in 1951 to avoid advancing Chinese troops during the Korean War.<br /><br />Some 430 South Koreans crossed into the North today in a convoy of buses for the reunions.<br /><br />The South Koreans from 97 families will spend three days with 97 relatives in North Korea from whom they were separated by the war.<br /><br />Lee Moon-Yeong, in his 70s, said he had spent a sleepless night in anticipation of seeing one of his brothers after so many years apart with no chance of any communication.<br /><br />He had previously feared the brother might have been killed in action after joining the North Korean army during the 1950-53 Korean War.<br /><br />"Brothers were fighting against brothers. What a tragedy it was," he said.<br /><br />Lee's second brother died in 1952 while fighting for the South.<br /><br />North and South Korean troops yesterday briefly exchanged fire across the frontier, heightening tensions before next month's G20 summit of world leaders in Seoul. No casualties were reported.</p>