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New talks mulled

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are discussing the possibility of a new round of government-level talks, an ROK official said yesterday, after a brief and contentious meeting last month ended with little progress.

Government officials from the divided countries met on April 21 in the DPRK border city of Kaesong for their first official talks since a conservative, pro-US government took office in Seoul early last year with a tougher policy on the DPRK.