{"id":21268,"date":"2015-11-20T07:41:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T07:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/north-and-south-korea-to-hold-talks-next-week\/"},"modified":"2015-11-20T07:41:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T07:41:12","slug":"north-and-south-korea-to-hold-talks-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/north-and-south-korea-to-hold-talks-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"North and South Korea to hold talks next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

{South Korea has confirmed it has accepted an offer from North Korea to hold talks next week.}<\/p>\n

The talks, to be held at the Panmunjom truce village, will set the stage for high-level meetings which were agreed in principle in August.<\/p>\n

That deal followed a stand-off in August that began with landmine explosions on the border and involved an exchange of artillery fire.<\/p>\n

Seoul said it had sent requests for meetings before but had no response.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Stephen Evans in Seoul says it is unlikely that any major decision will emerge at the talks scheduled for 26 November, but that the agreement indicates a desire on both sides to reduce tensions.
\nBorder firing<\/p>\n

North and South Korea are technically still at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.<\/p>\n

In August, a landmine explosion at the heavily militarised border seriously injured two South Korean soldiers.<\/p>\n

In response, South Korea resumed its abandoned practise of blasting propaganda over the border, and evacuated people from the border region. North Korea said it had put its military on a “war footing”.<\/p>\n

Tensions bubbled over in a brief exchange of fire at the heavily guarded border.<\/p>\n

After crisis talks, South Korea agreed to turned off the loudspeakers while the North agreed to step down its military.<\/p>\n

The agreement included a pledge to resume talks on improving ties, and to hold the first reunions for families separated during the Korean war in over a year.<\/p>\n

The North also expressed regret over the mine explosions, though later clarified it was not accepting responsibility for the blast.<\/p>\n

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BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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