The South Korean president proposed Thursday that the two Koreas hold a reunion next month for families still separated 60 years after the Korean War. The proposal came a day after the rivals moved toward reopening a jointly run factory park closed since April, according to AP. President Park Geun-hye made her proposal on the day that two Koreas mark 1945 independence from Japanese colonization. A proposal made in July to discuss resuming the reunions fizzled. In a speech televised nationwide, she said the agreement to reopen the jointly run Kaesong factory park would start a new inter-Korean relationship that is marked by co-existence. Park also asked North Korea to jointly build a peace park in the demilitarized zone in the border. The 1950-1953 war ended with a truce and no peace treaty was signed.
