Inter-Korean talk goes beyond Olympics; North Korea agrees to hold military talks with South

NewsBharati    10-Jan-2018
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Panmunjom, January 10: North and South Korea talk finally go beyond Winter Olympics. Along with sending a delegation to winter Olympics, North Korea has also accepted Seoul’s offer to hold military talks to reduce tensions. The joint statement came out after nearly 12 hours of negotiations on their border.

The two Koreas held an official talk after two long years in the so-called peace village of Panmunjom. The Koreas will again start cooperation and exchanges through talks and will hold a high-level meeting too. This is a dramatic change from last year’s tension. The countries agreed to inter-Korean problems on their own which might reduce the importance of outside actors including the US.

Earlier, North Korea said that it will send a delegation of high-ranking officials and others, including athletes, cheering and performing art squads, taekwondo demonstration, teams, and journalists, on the occasion of the Winter Games. The talk followed a proposal of Kim Jong Un to send a delegation in Winter Games.

During this highly emotional talk, South Korea also proposed North to march together in opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. Last time, two Koreas marched together under Korean Peninsula flag was in 2006. The response to this offer is not known yet.

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