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[Paula Hancocks, Cnn International Correspondent:] Well, that's right, John. I mean, these images that you are seeing here, these are the lucky ones. These are the lucky people who have been chosen. And they still had to wait decades in order to see their loved ones. Now, we have heard also from the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in himself, from a separated family. He was part of one of these family reunions in the past, with his mother going to meet his aunt for the first time. He has said that it's a shame on both the North and South Korean governments that there aren't more of these reunions. And for him, it is going to be a top priority, because it's no overstatement to say that time is running out for those 57,000. Lee Keum-seom hugs her son for the first time in almost 70 years. The last time she saw him, he was four. The emotions are raw. Lee is 92 and since being separated from her child in 1950, she never knew for sure if he was still alive. A tragic legacy of the Korean War, that tore countless families apart. Days before making the trip to North Korea, Lee told us she cried for a year when she fled to the site with her baby daughter, after becoming separated from her husband and son in the panic.
[Lee Keum-seom, Separated Mother:] Would it be OK to hug my son? He is over 70 years old now. When I see him, I'll call his name Sung Chol and hug him. And that's what she does, not letting go of his hand as he talks to his sister, he hasn't seen since she was one. At every table in this resort in Mount Kumgang, the scene is the same, a rush of emotion as families greet relatives they barely recognize. Relatives they only recently discovered were still alive. These reunions only happen when North and South Korea are on good terms. This is the first in three years. Even then, only a fraction over 57,000 families in the South who applied, are chosen. And it is bittersweet. A controlled reunion with families meeting for just 11 hours over a three-day period, before returning home knowing that is likely the last time they will see each other. So for now until Wednesday, Lee can catch up with her son she barely knows. Seeing photos of her husband who is no longer alive, hearing about a life she should have been part of. So the majority of people that were part of this first round of reunions were in the 80s and their 90s. More than 20 percent were in their 90s. I spoke to the head of the Red Cross here in South Korea who said that he is talking to his North Korean counter parts and trying to push for more of these reunions and trying to push more people to be involved in each one. Because clearly, with 57,000 still waiting and there's just a handful of people that go to these reunions each time, a lot of people are being disappointed. John?
[Vause:] And a lot of people are getting older each and every day and their time may come without actually having those reunions or that chance. Paula, thank you. It's a great story. Up next here, irony, my name is Melania. While Donald Trump calls people, dogs and thugs on Twitter, his wife is on a crusade against cyber bullying.