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North and South Held Working-level Contact
Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- Working-level contact for the talks between authorities of the north and the south of Korea was made at Panmunjom Sunday and Monday.

At the contact both sides discussed working issues arising in opening the talks between authorities of the north and the south and adopted a press release.

According to the press release, it was decided to open the talks in Seoul on June 12 to run through June 13, 2013 and call them the talks between authorities of the north and the south.

It was agreed to discuss immediate and urgent matters concerning the inter-Korean relations including the issue of normalizing the operation of the Kaesong Industrial Zone, the issue of resuming the tour of Mt. Kumgang, the issue of reunion of separated families and their relatives and other humanitarian issues, the issue of jointly marking the June 15 and July 4 anniversaries and the issue of promoting non-governmental visits, contacts and cooperation projects.

It was decided that each delegation to the talks would comprise five delegates, the delegation of the north side would be headed by minister-level authorities and the delegation of the north side would travel to the south overland on the west coast.

It was decided to discuss additional working matters through Panmunjom hotline.

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