South Korea and North Korea to hold working-level talks on January 15: Yonhap

[January 13, 2018]    SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and South Korea have agreed to have working-level talks on Jan. 15 at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom, news agency Yonhap reported.

South Korean soldiers stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Korea Pool

South Korea's unification ministry said earlier on Saturday that North Korea had proposed holding talks on the prospects of sending its performance art group to the Pyongchang winter Olympics which are being held in South Korea.

(Reporting by Dahee Kim; editing by Alexander Smith)

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