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S.Korea, DPRK to hold high-level talks on Aug. 13
SEOUL, Aug. 9, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – South Korea and the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Thursday to hold high-level talks on Aug. 13
at the border village of Panmunjom, according to Seoul’s unification
ministry.
The DPRK offered to South Korea earlier in the day holding a senior-level
dialogue on Aug. 13 at Tongilgak, a DPRK building in Panmunjom, to implement
the Panmunjom Declaration.
The South Korean side accepted the dialogue overtures to discuss the
implementation of the declaration, which was signed by South Korean President
Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un at their first summit on April 27
in Panmunjom.
BSS/Xinhua/MSY/1408 hrs