Official to Hold Talks With North’s No. 2
From Times Wire Reports
South Korea’s top official for North Korean affairs will meet Pyongyang’s second-ranking leader Thursday, the South Korean government said.
The rare meeting between two senior Korean officials in the North Korean capital comes after Pyongyang indicated it might return to stalled six-country talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program.
Unification Minister Chung Dong Young will lead a 40-member delegation to Pyongyang and will meet the president of parliament, Kim Yong Nam, who is the nominal head of state.
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