DAY BREAK 06:00 Coming up on this Thursday edition of Day Break,... the two Koreas fail to find any common ground on soothing tensions at their first high-level military meeting in several years. President Park Geun-hye vows to further expand business cooperation between Korea and Italy on the second day of her visit to the European country. She also calls for greater efforts a unification of the two Koreas. Plus,... a second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola has tested positive for the deadly virus. Day Break begins now. Hello.... and thanks for joining us. To our viewers around the world, it′s 6 a.m. on Thursday, October sixteenth here in Seoul. I′m Mark Broome... and you′re tuned into Day Break. Title: Koreas hold closed-door military talks Our top story this morning... No progress was made on Wednesday during the first high-level military talks between the two Koreas in seven years. South Korean officials say the two sides were unable to resolve their differences on how to ease tensions, following recent altercations along the inter-Korean border. Hwang Sung-hee reports. The two Koreas held a secretive round of military talks on Wednesday in attempts to ease tensions in their border regions. Seoul′s defense ministry said general-level officers met at the truce village of Panmunjom after Pyongyang proposed the meeting last week. North Korea demanded three things: that South Korean vessels steer clear of the maritime border, that the South Korean government keep activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border... and that the media stop slandering the North Korean leadership. In response, South Korea said Pyongyang must respect their de facto maritime border in the West Sea and that the government cannot stop the spread of the leaflets and restrict the media since South Korea is a liberal, democratic society. Last week, South and North Korean patrol boats exchanged fire after a North Korean vessel crossed the de facto maritime border in the West Sea. Three days later, the two Koreas exchanged gunfire across their shared border after the North fired at South Korean balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets. The defense ministry said Wednesday′s meeting was kept secret due to escalating military tensions following the recent clashes. But no concrete agreement was reached, with no date set for their next meeting. Meanwhile, the unification ministry confirmed that it proposed to the North on Monday the date for their planned second round of high-level talks The ministry said South Korea offered to meet on October 30th at Panmunjom but is still waiting for a response from the North. Hwang Sung-hee, Arirang News. Title: President Park asks Italian family-owned businesses to share know-how with Korean SMEs President Park Geun-hye, who is in Italy ahead of the Asia-Europe Meeting, spoke at the Italy-Korea Business Forum in Milan on Wednesd

• published: 15 Oct 2014
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