North and South Korea agreed Tuesday to hold military talks to ease growing tension on the peninsula, the two sides said after the first civilian cross-border talks in more than two years.
The rivals agreed to "defuse the current military tension and to hold military talks to address the issue", according to a joint statement.
The two Koreas have taken steps towards reducing tensions during rare talks, as North Korea agreed to send a delegation to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea, hold talks on reducing tension along their border and re-open a military hotline.
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The meeting, the first of its kind in about two years, was arranged after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pushed for improved ties with South Korea following elevated tensions with the outside world over his expanding nuclear and missile programs.
Korean political commentator Jung-sik Seo analyses the implications of the outcome from the meeting.
