Officials from North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to allow family members separated by the Korean war to hold brief reunions.<br /> <br />Delegation members from both countries met on the North Korean side of the demilitarized zone - a heavily guarded area along the border of the two countries.<br /> <br />The decision comes as the U.S. and the South plan to hold joint military drills - which have in the past prompted the North to cancel the reunions as they did in September of last year.<br /> <br />Officials from the South Korean unification ministry said the cancelation was discussed at Wednesday's meeting.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREAN HEAD DELEGATE, LEE DUK-HAENG, COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE SOUTH KOREAN RED CROSS, SAYING:<br /> <br />"Regarding the case that the agreement in last year had not been fulfilled, we have delivered a message of our stance that it should not be happened again. And the North side has agreed on this."<br /> <br />The last family reunions were held in 2010 when a few hundred
