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South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stand and wave in an open-air Mercedes-Benz as thousands of people welcome their motorcade in Pyongyang.

Kim Hosts South Korea's Moon For Summit Talks In Pyongyang

It's the third meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – and the first to take place outside of the "truce village" of Panmunjom, on the border.

A man walks past a giant banner showing a picture of the summit handshake between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Seoul City Hall on Sept, 13. Moon will fly to North Korea's capital on Sept. 18 for a third summit with Kim.

Opinion: Moon Jae-In Can Put U.S.-North Korea Negotiations Back On Track. Here's How

South Korean President Moon Jae-in must insist on denuclearization in coordination with the United States, even at the risk of renewed tensions between North and South Korea.

Ham Sung-chan, 93, (right) of South Korea hugs his North Korean brother Ham Dong Chan, 79, during a family reunion meeting at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North's southeastern coast.

PHOTOS: Separated North And South Koreans Meet For 1st Time In Decades

Tens of thousands of South Koreans have registered to meet with long-lost relatives in the North. For years the reunions were on pause, but now they have resumed, with scores of reunions this week.

South Korean calligrapher Yoon Heung-gyu, 92, left his mother and a younger brother and sister behind in North Korea when he fled at age 22. "If I had known that my family would remain separated for this long, I would not have crossed the border," he says. He'll be meeting his sister in North Korea this week.

South Koreans Prepare For Rare Family Reunions With Long-Lost Relatives In The North

With tensions easing between North and South Korea, the two sides are reviving cross-border reunions that began in 1985. On Monday, 93 South Koreans will board buses to visit relatives in the North.

Ahn Seung-choon was 14 when her 17-year-old brother was taken away from the family home in Pyeongchang. "After that day, we didn't hear anything about him," Ahn says.

South Koreans Prepare For Rare Family Reunions With Long-Lost Relatives In The North

With tensions easing between North and South Korea, the two sides are reviving cross-border reunions that began in 1985. On Monday, 93 South Koreans will board buses to visit relatives in the North.

North Korea and South Korea will hold their third high-level summit in September. The meetings were agreed to at a meeting of South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon, second from right, who shook hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Son Gwon, second from left, after their meeting in Panmunjom.

2 Koreas' Leaders Will Hold New Summit In Pyongyang Next Month

"For peace and prosperity of the world as well as those of the Korean peninsula," read a short statement issued by South Korea's Blue House on Monday

This July 22 satellite image, released and annotated by 38 North on Monday, shows what the U.S. research group says is the partial dismantling of the rail-mounted transfer structure (center) at the Sohae launch site in North Korea.

OPINION: The U.S. And North Korea Have Made Progress. Here's How They Can Keep It Up

North Korea's moves to return U.S. remains and dismantle sites are not meaningless. Now, the U.S. should take the denuclearization bull by the horns, writes a veteran U.S. negotiator with Pyongyang.

A U.N. honor guard carries a box containing remains believed to be from American servicemen killed during the 1950-53 Korean War after arriving from North Korea, at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea on Friday.

North Korea Hands Over Possible Remains Of U.S. Servicemen Killed In Korean War

The remains of what are believed to be about 55 U.S. servicemen arrived at Osan Air Base in South Korea as part of an agreement between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

South Korean soldiers at a guard post near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing two Koreas in the border city of Paju in August of last year.

South Korea Says It Plans To Reduce Guard Posts On The DMZ

In what the defense ministry describes as a preliminary test, Seoul plans to scale back the posts in the spirit of the Koreas summit held in April.

South Korean ousted leader Park Geun-hye was sentenced on Friday to an additional eight years in prison.

Former South Korea President Sentenced To 8 More Years In Prison

Park Geun-hye was already serving 24 years in jail. On Friday a court convicted the disgraced leader of illegally receiving funds from a state agency and breaking election laws.

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