South Korea: Talks With N. Korea May Begin Next Month

South Korea has urged that preliminary military talks with North Korea be held next month, Agence France-Presse reports.

The two sides have recently agreed in principle to hold high-level military talks as way to ease high tensions sparked by North Korean attacks against a South Korean warship and a South Korean island in disputed territory

The Defense Ministry said it sent a message to North Korea suggesting a Feb. 11 meeting at the border village of Panmunjom.

That meeting, should it take place, would attempt to set the date for higher-level military talks.

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