DATE=8/18/2000 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=KOREA REUNION ENDS (L-ONLY) NUMBER=2-265615 BYLINE=AMY BICKERS DATELINE=SEOUL INTERNET=YES CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The reunion of 200 divided Korean families came to a bittersweet end on Friday. As V-O-A's Amy Bickers reports from Seoul, the family members embraced and said tearful good-byes -- not knowing if they will be able to meet again. TEXT: The 100 North Koreans who came to Seoul to meet with their families bid them emotional farewells Friday in a hotel parking lot. Thousands of police formed a corridor around the buses, which whisked the North Koreans to the airport. In Pyongyang, the visiting 100 South Koreans also said heartfelt good- byes to their Northern relatives before flying back to Seoul. The reunion itself was a tightly controlled four-day affair. Meetings between relatives were conducted in hotels, except for one man and his frail, elderly mother. At the last minute, he was allowed to see her in the hospital. Each visiting North Korean was allowed to visit with just five South Korean family members. They met privately for two hours on each of two days. South Korean officials took the North Koreans on tours of cultural sites -- without their families. They ate some meals together, but the final banquet Thursday night was only for the North Koreans, the officials
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