South and North Korea Wednesday (July 20) agreed to resume pulling down propaganda facilities along their land border from July 25, the Defense Ministry said.
The two sides also agreed to operate liaison offices to avoid accidental military clashes along the western border sea from Aug. 13 at the working-level military talks at the border village of Panmunjeom.
However, military officers of the two Koreas failed to set the date to hold a third round of general-level talks. They only agreed to meet again on Aug. 12 to discuss the matter, the ministry said in a statement.
The two sides agreed to scrap all propaganda facilities by Aug. 13, two days before the Liberation Day from the Japanese colonial rule. They agreed to hold their fourth working-level talks at the truce village at 10 a.m. on Augu. 12 to confirm the dismantlement and to discuss other issues involving the proganda facilities.
They had intended to set the date and agendas for general-level talks. In the ministerial talks last month, two Koreas agreed to resume the general-level talks at Mt. Baekdu, the highest mountain on the border of North Korea and China.
In their second round of general-level talks in June last year, the two militaries agreed to dismantle propaganda loudspeakers and signboards along the 248-kilometer-long military demarcation line (MDL) that divides the peninsula, in three phases. The two sides, however, halted the dismantling of propaganda facilities.
They had agreed on a set of measures aimed at avoiding possible accidental clashes in the West Sea. The two Navies agreed to set up a telephone hotline, share a radio frequency, use joint flag signaling systems, as well as exchange information to monitor illegal fishing by Chinese in the West Sea.
More good news out of Korea, maybe?
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks