PANMUNJEOM -- South Korea and North Korea agreed Friday to hold general-level military talks on June 14 as part of efforts to ease tensions between the two countries.
They also agreed to hold a Red Cross meeting on June 22 to discuss holding a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, as agreed upon by their leaders in a April 27 summit.
This photo, taken by the Joint Press Corps, shows South Korea`s chief delegate Cho Myoung-gyon (left) and his North Korean counterpart Ri Son-gwon shaking hands after the inter-Korean high-level talks held at Panmunjeom, Friday. (Yonhap)
The decisions were made as part of a deal the two reached during high-level talks held at the truce village of Panmunjom in the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that divides the Koreas. (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap)
