South Korea said today it had proposed ministerial talks with North Korea in Seoul to begin on September 15th in a respone to an offer from the North.
"We conveyed our message via phone call to the North seeking to hold ministerial talks in Seoul," a Unification Ministry spokeswoman said, adding the talks would last four days.
After months of silence, North Korea said on Sunday it would immediately resume stalled talks with Seoul.
The two countries remain technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended without a peace treaty.