South Korea and North Korea agreed to hold military talks next Feb. 8 to ease the tension between the two countries, in what would be their first conversation since a North Korean attack on South Korean island in November. The meeting, which will take place in the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas, is intended to set the date, place and agenda of high-level military talks, possibly at the level of defense ministers.
North Korea sent a note in which he proposed to hold a dialogue on 08 February, instead of day 11 as suggested by South Korea, receiving an immediate response''acceptance''of Seoul. The working-level talks will be led by South Korean Colonel Moon Sang-Gyun and Colonel North Korea's Ri-Kwon, who have acted as representatives for military talks for years.
Earlier, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak urged North Korea''to seize this opportunity''and did not rule out the possibility of meeting, under certain conditions, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, in what would be the first summit Korean since 2007. ''We hold a summit if necessary (...) It is a good opportunity to show North Korea the international comundiad you want to change,''said Lee.
The military talks next February 8 would be the first since the North Korean attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island in November, which caused four deaths, including two civilians. The attack exacerbated a situation that had deteriorated in March with the sinking of the battleship Cheonan South Korea'',''attributed to Pyongyang, which denied the allegations and asked to send experts to investigate the facts, but the request was denied. 
North Korea sent a note in which he proposed to hold a dialogue on 08 February, instead of day 11 as suggested by South Korea, receiving an immediate response''acceptance''of Seoul. The working-level talks will be led by South Korean Colonel Moon Sang-Gyun and Colonel North Korea's Ri-Kwon, who have acted as representatives for military talks for years.
Earlier, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak urged North Korea''to seize this opportunity''and did not rule out the possibility of meeting, under certain conditions, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, in what would be the first summit Korean since 2007. ''We hold a summit if necessary (...) It is a good opportunity to show North Korea the international comundiad you want to change,''said Lee.
The military talks next February 8 would be the first since the North Korean attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island in November, which caused four deaths, including two civilians. The attack exacerbated a situation that had deteriorated in March with the sinking of the battleship Cheonan South Korea'',''attributed to Pyongyang, which denied the allegations and asked to send experts to investigate the facts, but the request was denied.
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