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1st LD Writethru: S. Korea, DPRK to resume high-level contact after break

Xinhua, August 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will resume the ongoing high- level emergency contact after a break, the South Korean presidential office said Sunday.

Presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters that the senior-level contact lasted from 6:30 p.m. (0930 GMT) Saturday to 4:15 a.m. Sunday at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarize zone dividing the two Koreas.

Both sides comprehensively discussed ways of resolving the recent situation and developing the inter-Korean ties, Min said.

After reviewing the positions of each, the high-level contact will be resumed from 3 p.m. Sunday, the spokesman noted. Endi