Pyongyang Chronology of Family Reunions

1971 Aug. 20

First meeting of Red Cross representatives from the South and North at Panmunjom

1972 Aug. 29-Sept. 2

First full meeting of the South-North Red Cross Conference in Pyongyang

1985 Aug. 20-23

First exchange visits of South and North Korean hometown visitors and art troupe members

1999 June 21-26

First vice minister-level talks in Beijing on the family reunion issue

2000 June 13-15

First inter-Korean summit between former President Kim Dae-jung and the North’s leader Kim Jong-il

2000 June 27-30

Agreement of Red Cross delegations on an exchange of visits by separated families and the establishment of a permanent site for reunions

2005 Nov. 24-25

First video conference between separated families