Korea family reunions: Scepticism as North-South talks begin
February 5, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — Officials from North and South Korea are meeting at the border to discuss the possible resumption of family reunions for people separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. Millions of people were separated from their families by the dividing of the peninsula. Talks were due to be held in September 2013 but were cancelled by North Korea days before they were to begin.
North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to hold family reunions later this month in which hundreds of elderly relatives separated by the Korean War would meet for the first time in six decades.
Under the deal struck during Red Cross talks on their border on Wednesday, the two Koreas agreed to hold the family reunions from Feb. 20 to Feb. 25 at the Diamond Mountain resort in southeast North Korea, a sign that hostile ties between the two countries may be warming.
The two Koreas held their last family reunions in 2010, when the humanitarian program was halted amid souring relations. The revival of the reunions suggested that the rival governments were edging toward improving relations following military tensions incited by the North’s nuclear test in February last year and the more recent political uncertainty in Pyongyang in the wake of the purge and execution of Jang Song-thaek, the North’s No. 2 official.
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MOSCOW – ARMY 2018
The exposition of the Russian Army-2018 international military and technical forum will showcase about 600 pieces of armament, military and special hardware, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry.
International military-technical forum «ARMY» is organized and fully supported by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and combines the exhibition and dynamic demonstration of military equipment capabilities with extensive congress program and strong participation of international audience represented by foreign exhibitors, delegations and visitors. In just three years, the event has turned into the world’s leading exhibition of arms and military equipment, the authoritative platform for discussing innovative ideas and developments for the armed forces.
Adress: Patriot ExpoCenter, Moscow, Times: 21 – 26 August 2018, 9.00 – 17.00
PARIS – EUROSATORY 2018
Eurosatory – the international land and airland Defence and Security exhibition, takes place every two years in order to gather the whole offer and demand of the domains. It was created in its original form in 1967 and has never stopped evolving. Attendees’ number always increased, visitors as well as exhibitors.
Adress: Parc des Expositions de Paris Nord Villepinte, Hall 6 – 5A et 5B
Times: Monday 11th to Thursday 14th of June 2018; 9:00 – 17:00, Friday 15th of June 2018; 9:00 – 16:00
DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA (DSA) 2018
DSA is the most important defense and security exhibition in the Asian Region. The edition 2018 of DSA will take place from 16 to 19 April, 2018 in the new Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Center MITEC. DSA exhibition it’s more than 1,000 companies from the global defence and security sector from more than 50 countries and regions. More than 26 International Pavilions are expected to participate to engage with more than 300 VIP Delegations from more than 44 countries.
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