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1st LD: S. Korea, DPRK reach agreement after talks

Xinhua, August 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have reached an agreement after an emergency contact in the truce village of Panmunjom, Seoul's presidential office said on Tuesday.

Presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook told reporters that the two sides ended the top-level meeting at 12:55 p.m. local time ( 0355 GMT).

Kim Kwan-jin, chief security advisor to South Korean President Park Geun-hye, plans to announce the result of the marathon talks, which began on Sunday, the spokesman said.

The spokesman said Kim will read the reached agreement about an hour later, but he did not elaborate on what was reached in the talks. Endi