South Korean delegates in DPRK for talks

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-21-2009 13:54

A delegation from the South Korea is in the DPRK for inter-Korean governmental talks.

They are to begin meeting on Tuesday in Kaesong, a city just north of their shared border.

South Korean officials leave for North Korea at the  customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju,  near the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea,  Tuesday, April 21, 2009. South Korean officials have  departed for North Korea to take part in the countries' first government-to-government contact in more than a  year.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

It's the first time the two countries have held such a meeting since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in February last year. Pyongyang last week offered to hold the talks with Seoul amid mounting tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

The South Korean Unification Ministry says the DPRK has said it will deliver an "important notice" to South Korea during the talks.

Editor:Zhang Yun