Vice－ministerial meeting to open on Dec. 11 at Kaesong Industrial Complex 남북 대

• published: 27 Nov 2015
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Delegates of South and North Korea met for working－level talks on Thursday in the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom. But， the initial round of dialogue yielded few results， some were quick to point out. Officials from both sides agreed to vice－minister－level talks on December 11th at a jointly－run industrial park. The agreement is seen by many as another indication that the two Koreas are， indeed， working towards a thaw in their relations... Arirang News′ Connie Kim is live in the studio with me to discuss the details. Connie， the agreement was made， literally，...at the eleventh hour . Conn－young， in the early hours of Friday the two Koreas reached a conclusion. Seoul′s unification ministry released a joint press release saying the two Koreas will meet again on December 11th at the inter－Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex for vice－ministerial talks. Reporters there were quite surprised as the talks ended sooner than they thought. I heard many were expecting the meeting to drag on for days just like when the high level meeting took place following the North′s land mine provocation in August. A unification official there told us that the two Koreas saw the need to hold talks ASAP and that they agreed on the level， which prevented the meeting from getting longer. The holdup， however， between the two Koreas was setting the agenda. The ministry official told the reporters the South pushed for holding regular reunions for Korean War separated families， while the North′s priority was put on resuming the long－stalled Mount Kumgang resort tour.