Representatives from North and South Korea met Thursday and agreed to hold a high level peace talks next month.
The two Koreas held a working-level meeting in the historic truce village of Panmunjom and decided to continue peace dialogue in an attempt to improve ties between the two nations.
The two sides said in a joint statement that they have agreed to hold vice-minister-level talks at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North Korean city of Kaesong on Dec. 11, Reuters reported.
The South Korean delegation was led by unification ministry official Kim Ki-Woong, and the North's negotiating team was headed by Hwang Chol from the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea in charge of inter-Korean affairs.
"Agendas for the high-level talks will be pending issues in connection with the improvement of inter-Korean relations," a statement from South Korea's Unification Ministry said, according to Yonhap News.
"We are resolved to maintaining the momentum for dialogue that was started by the August agreement," South's chief negotiator Kim Ki-Woong said ahead of talks, according to BBC News.
Thursday's meeting was held a week after South Korea accepted the North's offer to hold preparatory talks for the high-level dialogue, as HNGN previously reported. Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Park Geun-hye agreed on Aug. 25 to hold high-level talks under a landmark peace deal that ended a military standoff in the Korean peninsula.
