South and North Korea agreed Wednesday to stage reunions later this month for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, an official said, a move that could help ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.The reunions — the first since October 2010 — will be held at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on North Korea’s east coast, from Feb. 20 to 25, (Yonhap) news agency quote the unification ministry official as saying.The deal is the first sign of progress in improving inter-Korean relations that have worsened due to the North’s military threats against the South in recent months.The separated family members are in their 70s and 80s, and wish to see their long-lost relatives before they die.There are no direct means of contact between ordinary civilians of the two countries that remain divided by a heavily fortified border.The divided Koreas have held more than a dozen rounds of reunions since their landmark summit in 2000, bringing together more than 21,700 family members who had not seen each other since the Korean War.