South and North Korea began talks on the issue of that land's ten million persons who are members of divided families at the suggestion of the South Korean Red Cross. Through the dozen or so rounds of talks held to date, the two sides have touched on many issues. But thus far the talks have yielded only one highly publicized exchange of a small number of visitors and an arts troupe.
南、北韓雙方的紅十字會自一九七一年八月起，為使韓戰後約一千萬與家人離散者知悉對方消息，曾就調查離散家族的生死、住址，親友間自由來往、自由通信等項目舉行過十餘次會談，但都未獲具體結論；只有在一九八五年曾派「離散家族故鄉訪問團及藝術公演團」互訪。