The World - News from May 30, 1985
North Korean Red Cross officials left Seoul for home after talks with their South Korean counterparts on reuniting families separated by the 1945 partition. Both sides made proposals to facilitate visits by separated relatives, but no final accord was reached. A southern spokesman said the two sides agreed in principle to exchange folk art troupes and some visitors on Aug. 15, the 40th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule. Talks between the two sides are to resume Aug. 27 in Pyongyang.
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