South Korean chief delegate Kim Ki-Woong (R) shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Hwang Chol (L) during their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, North Korea, in this handout picture provided by the Unification Ministry and released by Yonhap on November 26, 2015. REUTERS/Unification Ministry/Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea agreed to hold talks at the vice-minister level next month, after a meeting on Thursday aimed at further easing tensions following the end to an armed standoff in August.
The meeting of officials at the border truce village of Panmunjom came after the two sides signed an agreement in which Pyongyang expressed regret over landmine blasts near the border that wounded two South Korean soldiers.
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