S.Korea, DPRK kick off high-level talks in Panmunjom

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon (C) speaks to the media before departure for the high-level inter-Korean talks in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 9, 2018. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea kicked off ministerial-level talks, their first in two years, at the truce village of Panmunjom on Tuesday, sending an encouraging signal of detente of inter-Korean relations. (Xinhua/Lee Sang-ho)

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