South Korea announced Friday that it had accepted North Korea's offer to hold working level talks next week.
The Koreas will hold working level meeting on Thursday, Nov. 26, in the historic truce village of Panmunjom in North Korea. It will be a preparatory meeting for the next high-level dialogue.
"The two sides plan to discuss details over high-level talks, including the timing and venue," an official from the South Korean Unification Ministry said, according to Korea Herald.
The long-strained ties between the North and South have improved since the landmark peace deal was reached in August.
The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution Thursday that condemned North Korea's abysmal human rights record and called for referring North Korean regime to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
"The General Assembly encourages the Security Council to continue its consideration of the relevant conclusions and recommendations of the commission of inquiry and take appropriate action to ensure accountability, including through consideration of the referral of the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the International Criminal Court," the resolution reads, according to Yonhap.
South Korea welcomed the strong-worded resolution on Friday, urging Pyongyang to "sincerely take in the UN General Assembly's advice and take the necessary measures to improve its human rights situation," according to Korea Joongang.
