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12:43, 14-Jun-2018
DPRK, ROK agree to restore military communication lines after talks
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) agreed on Thursday to restore military communications lines along the eastern and western areas after holding military talks, according to local media.
General-level military officers from the two sides held talks on military affairs, the first of its kind in over 10 years, at Tongilgak, a DPRK building in the truce village of Panmunjom that straddles the divided Koreas. The last general-level military dialogue between Seoul and Pyongyang was held in December 2007.
During the talks, the two sides exchanged opinions about a pilot demilitarization of the Joint Security Area (JSA) in Panmunjom to ease military tensions across the heavily armed inter-Korean border.
The DPRK and the ROK hold their first general-level military talks in over 10 years at the border village of Panmunjom, June 14, 2018. /VCG Photo
The DPRK and the ROK hold their first general-level military talks in over 10 years at the border village of Panmunjom, June 14, 2018. /VCG Photo
The five-member ROK delegation was led by Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun, a senior-level official of the defense ministry in charge of inter-Korean military affairs.
The DPRK side, composed of five delegates, was headed by Lt. Gen. An Ik San.
The DPRK and the ROK hold their first general-level military talks in over 10 years at the border village of Panmunjom, June 14, 2018. /VCG Photo
The DPRK and the ROK hold their first general-level military talks in over 10 years at the border village of Panmunjom, June 14, 2018. /VCG Photo
The inter-Korean military talks came after top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump held a historic summit in Singapore on Tuesday.
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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency