Then and Now: 68 Years After The Korean War

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - JUNE 22: Travellers disembark from a ferry near the "Green Beach" on Wolmido Island where the Operation Chromite by the U.S. military was carried out on Sept. 15th, 1950, on June 22, 2018 in INCHEON, South Korea. Over 66,000 South Koreans have been separated from their families during the Korean War which started on June 25, 1950, and effectively split the Korean Peninsula into two over the 3-year conflict. The fighting between North and South Korea ended on July 27, 1953, with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement and the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone was created; however, both countries remain technically still at war since no peace agreement was signed and many Koreans died before they could reunite with their loved ones. As tensions begin to ease between North and South Korea since early this year, both sides agreed on Friday in allowing families who were separated during the Korean War to meet in August, the first such reunions since 2015. North Korean officials also recently announced they will return the remains of as many as 200 American troops from the war to the U.S., the first sign that the totalitarian nation plans to comply with an agreement signed on June 12 by North Korean leader Kim and U.S. President Trump, during a historic summit in Singapore. Diplomatic relations between the two Koreas have warmed rapidly since early this year when North Korea sent athletes into the South for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and people cautiously wait for further the peace talks between the Koreas. (Photo by Jean Chung/Getty Images)