The proposal for talks on Thursday at Thongil House on the north side of the truce village of Panmunjom was sent by the secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) to South Korea's Unification Ministry, according to the KCNA.
Seoul has blamed Pyongyang for not responding to its repeated calls for inter-governmental talks. The CPRK on Wednesday denied the charge and urged Seoul to drop hostility against Pyongyang. A CPRK spokesman has accused Seoul of impure intentions to shift responsibility of failure to launch North-South talks to Pyongyang.
In an agreement concluded after the armed border conflicts in August, both Koreas agreed to hold inter-governmental talks at earliest date possible in a bid to improve ties.
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20/11/15
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South Korea agreed to hold talks with North Korea on November 26, local media reported Friday....
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Long-simmering tensions between the two Koreas escalated in late August when cross-border artillery fire erupted along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), prompting Pyongyang to declare what it described as a "semi-state of war."
The two countries defused tensions after a series of talks.
The neighboring nations remain legally at war. No peace treaty was signed after the 1950-53 Korean War, which separated over 66,000 families. A series of family reunions were held in October following the August talks.
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