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The Korean Red Cross has been holding inter-Korean Red Cross talks since 1972 to reunite separated families. Seven rounds of inter-Korean Red Cross talks were halted due to North Korea's unilateral notification in 1973 and did not produce any results. Working-level talks between the South and North Korean Red Cross began in July 1974 to resume the Red Cross talks, but even these were suspended following a unilateral notice of postponement by the North Korean National Red Cross Association on March 19, 1978. By the mid-1980s, dialogue and exchanges between South and North Korea had progressed to the point where it could be referred to as the ‘second era of dialogue.’ 1985 was the year when dialogue and exchanges between South and North Korea were most active, with five economic talks, two preliminary contacts for the National Assembly meeting, one sports meeting (Lausanne), and three Red Cross talks. Inter-Korean Red Cross talks were also resumed when the Korean Red Cross accepted the North Korean Red Cross Central Committee's intention to provide flood damage supplies in 1984. The 8th, 9th, and 10th inter-Korean Red Cross main talks were held in 1985, and in particular, at the 8th inter-Korean Red Cross main talks, an agreement was reached on the reunion of separated families. As a result of the inter-Korean Red Cross talks, for the first time in 40 years of division, the south and North Korean separated families' hometown visitation groups and art performance groups were exchanged in September 1985. In 1985, the separated families who met their families or relatives through the exchange of South and North Korean hometown visiting groups were limited in size and limited to a limited area, with a total of 65 people, including 35 South Korean family members who were reunited in Pyongyang and 30 North Korean family members who were reunited in Seoul. Although it was a three-night, four-day reunion of separated South and North Korean families and an exchange of performing arts groups, it provided a historical opportunity that reaffirmed how great and deep the pain of division was. Although South Korea and North Korea recognized each other as partners for dialogue and showed success in reuniting separated families, there were still limits to advanced stage in the midst of system conflict. The achievement of the exchange of the South and North Korean separated families' hometown visitation group and performing arts groups was that it became the starting point for South and North Korea to get to know each other, and the subsequent task was to resolve the differences through exchanges between North and South Korea.

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