Senior DPRK, ROK colonels meet in bid to ease tensions
By Qin Jize | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-09 08:14
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DPRK Colonel Ri Son-kwon (left) and his ROK counterpart Moon Sang-gyun pose before their talks at the truce village of Panmunjom in Paju, north of Seoul, on Tuesday. Military officers from the two sides met at their heavily fortified border for the first inter-Korean talks since tension peaked on the peninsula late last year. Reuters / ROK Defense Ministry / Handout |
BEIJING - Senior colonels from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met at the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday, the first official dialogue since the shelling of the ROK's border island of Yeonpyeong in November.
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