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                  South Korea Proposes Talks with North Korea

   by VOA News

   A senior South Korean official has offered to hold ministerial-level
   talks with North Korea to discuss "mutual concerns," including a
   reunion of families separated by the Korean War.

   Ryo Kihl-jae, the South's unification minister in charge of North
   Korean affairs, told a news conference Monday that a formal request had
   been sent to Pyongyang. He said he is willing to discuss any issues of
   mutual concern.

   If agreed to, the talks would take place next month in Pyongyang with
   Ryo's counterpart, Kim Yang Gon.

   The two countries had agreed on high-level talks scheduled for two
   months ago after a surprise visit to Seoul in October by a high-powered
   delegation from the North.  However, North Korea angrily backed out
   when activists in the South sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the
   border via balloons.

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