二次大戰結束後無耐，朝鮮半島分裂成兩個國家。1950年，隨著韓戰爆發，大量家庭分散兩地。由於兩國敵對，分離異地嘅親人無法通訊。1971年，南韓紅十字會協助分離兩國嘅屋企互通消息同重聚，為南北離散家族重聚活動立下契機。1985年，兩國商議之後同意，喺嗰年9月20至23號，分別喺漢城同平壤舉行家族重聚活動。不過，隨著兩國關係發生變化，呢項活動一直暫緩。2000年，南韓總統金大中推行陽光政策，家族重聚活動重新展開。此後，呢項活動隨著南北關係時好時壞而斷斷續續舉行。2018年4月，南北韓首腦會談，兩國同意再度舉辦家族重聚活動。
Not long after the end of World War II, the Korean Peninsula was divided into two countries. In 1950, with the outbreak of the Korean War, a large number of families were scattered between the two places. Due to the hostility between the two countries, relatives separated from each other are unable to communicate. In 1971, the South Korean Red Cross Society helped separate families exchange news and reunite, setting the stage for the reunion of separated families between the North and the South. In 1985, the two countries agreed to hold family reunions in Seoul and Pyongyang from September 20 to 23 of that year. However, as relations between the two countries have changed, the activity has been put on hold. In 2000, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung implemented the Sunshine Policy, and family reunion activities were relaunched. Since then, the event has been held intermittently as North-South relations have been up and down. In April 2018, the two Koreas agreed to hold another family reunion at the inter-Korean summit.