Pyongyang agrees to talk to ROK

SEOUL: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday agreed to hold talks with the Republic of Korea (ROK) next week, Seoul officials said.

DPRK has accepted a proposal for working-level talks on June 11 at the Kaesong joint industrial complex just north of the border, according to ROK's unification ministry.

ROK and US troops have gone on heightened alert since DPRK staged a nuclear test in late May, renounced the armistice that ended the Korean war in the 1950s and threatened ROK with possible attack.