S Korean media: DPRK proposes talks with S Korea

Source: Xinhua | 04-18-2009 16:13

SEOUL, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has proposed talks with South Korean officials next Tuesday in DPRK's border city of Kaesong, South Korea's daily newspaper Hankyoreh reported on Saturday.

The DPRK delivered the suggestion to the South Korean authorities through a message on Friday, the newspaper said.

The DPRK said at the message that they will inform "significant issues" to South Korea at the inter-Korean contact, it added, without explaining more details.

The suggestion on inter-Korean contact came amid mounting tensions on the Korean Peninsula after the DPRK launched a rocket earlier this month despite warnings by the United States, South Korea and Japan.

Following the UN Security Council adopted a presidential statement over DPRK's rocket launch earlier this week, the DPRK warned to quit the six-party talks on the nuclear issues on the Korean Peninsula and ordered all international nuclear monitors to leave the country.

Editor:Shi Taoyang