Talks begin to set up Kim-Moon summit

SEOUL - The Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Thursday started talks to discuss security and protocol issues for the inter-Korean summit later this month, the ROK's presidential office said.

The five-member ROK delegation was led by Kim Sanggyun, a senior director of the National Intelligence Service.

Four other Blue House officials attending the meeting are Cho Han-ki, protocol secretary to the president, Shin Yongwook, a deputy chief for presidential security service, Kwun Hyuk-ki, director of the presidential press center, and Yun Kun-young, director for the government situation room.