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North And South Korea Reach Breakthroughs In First High-Level Talks In 2 Years

The two sides announced further dialogue to ease tension between them, but the North still insists any talk of nuclear weapons is off the table.
South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myung-gyun (left) shakes hands with North Korean chief delegate Ri Son Gwon after their meeting Tuesday at the village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two countries.

Updated at 2:05 p.m. ET

Cocooned by cameras, North Korea's negotiating team crossed the border Tuesday by foot, walking about 100 yards to a conference building for the first high-level talks with South Korea in two years. Seated across from one another at a long rectangular table, diplomats from both sides expressed the need to improve frosty ties.

"It wouldn't be an overstatement to say the inter-Korean relationship is more frozen

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