North and South Korea agreed to hold a working level military talks truce village of Panmunjom next week, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.
In the negotiations, expected on 08 February, the South demand that Pyongyang accept responsibility for the military provocations of the past year, the department said last month. high-level military talks will take place if the North agrees to refrain from further provocations.
Seoul government has also proposed holding inter-Korean talks between senior officials to discuss denuclearization, that the North has not yet accepted.
North Korea has suspended direct connection to the south of Seoul on May 26 protest response to the March sinking of the South Korean naval vessel.
South Korea has accused North Korea of the attack, which killed 46 sailors. Pyongyang denies any involvement in the sinking of Cheonan.
Tensions rose again in November, when North Korea South Korea Yeonpyeong Island bombed, killing two Marines and two South Korean civilians. North Korea said the attack was in response to the launch of the Navy in the South in northern waters.
In the negotiations, expected on 08 February, the South demand that Pyongyang accept responsibility for the military provocations of the past year, the department said last month. high-level military talks will take place if the North agrees to refrain from further provocations.
Seoul government has also proposed holding inter-Korean talks between senior officials to discuss denuclearization, that the North has not yet accepted.
North Korea has suspended direct connection to the south of Seoul on May 26 protest response to the March sinking of the South Korean naval vessel.
South Korea has accused North Korea of the attack, which killed 46 sailors. Pyongyang denies any involvement in the sinking of Cheonan.
Tensions rose again in November, when North Korea South Korea Yeonpyeong Island bombed, killing two Marines and two South Korean civilians. North Korea said the attack was in response to the launch of the Navy in the South in northern waters.