October 14, 2009 5:11 AM

North Korea, South Korea Agree to Talks

(AP)  A South Korean official says North Korea has agreed to hold talks on further family reunions and flood control.

Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo said Tuesday that the working-level officials of the two sides plan to meet Wednesday at a North Korean border city to discuss how to prevent floods in the Imjin River running through their heavily armed border.

She said Red Cross societies of the two sides plan to hold working-level talks Friday to discuss reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

The North's agreement came a day after South Korea proposed the talks with North Korea, and also a day after North Korea reportedly fired five missiles off its east coast.

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by truthislife1 October 13, 2009 12:02 AM EDT
Talk about what?
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by rwsmith29456 October 12, 2009 10:31 PM EDT
Talks sound better that threatening and provoking. Man, it gets old hearing that same old line.
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by missme4 October 13, 2009 8:41 AM EDT
Hey, wonderful! More talks! How many talks have they had in the last 50 years? Maybe the dialog will go like this:
NK: You give us money
SK: No
NK: You give us money or we blow you up
SK: No. Maybe america give you more money
NK: Yes, good idea. More money from america.
SK: Ok, I drive my shiny new Buick home now.
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