Korea agrees to resumre reunions (current event article October 1, 2010)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/02/world/asia/02korea.html?_r=1&ref=world

Korea agree to resume reunions
-In a sign of a possible easing of tensions between North and South Korea, the two countries agreed on Friday to hold series of reunions of familites separated by the
Korean War at the Diamond Mountain resort in the North.
North Korea and South Korea had a sign of increasing tension between their relationship past 2 years. South Korea tourist was shot and killed by a North Korean
guard after she apparently strayed into a restricted zone. Following this accident,
the sinking of a South Korean warship, which the South has blamed on the North, added the tension and suggested the possibility of another Korean War. These series of accidents eventually led the the North Korea to end the tour of Diamond Mountain for the South Koreans and to confiscate five Diamond Mountain buildings owned by the South Korean government.
However, besides these series of events, the deal was successful. Experts say that the negotiation was successful, because the North Korea had a great damage after ending the tour of Diamond Mountain and the dramatic changes of the North Korean political hierarchy had an influence.