SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea will open a joint liaison office on the North's side of the heavily militarised border on Friday, a South Korean official said, as hopes rise for progress in stalled denuclearisation talks at a summit next week.
The joint liaison office, seen as the start of a de facto embassy, is another step towards closer cooperation between the two Koreas.
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