South Korea's Unification Ministry said Monday it will try to restore dialogue channels with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for reunions for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

The government will seek a "fundamental solution" for the separated families on both sides of the border by helping them regularly meet and exchange letters, according to the ministry, which oversees inter-Korean relations.

The new three-year plan also includes an increase in financial support for privately-arranged reunions held in third countries and a project to help the families record video messages for their relatives.

Government-arranged reunion events for some 82,000 South Koreans looking for their long-separated relatives in the North were held more than a dozen times since 2000.

The two Koreas have not held a single reunion since 2010 after two deadly border incidents led to the suspension of humanitarian exchanges.