South Korea accepted a North Korean proposal to hold working-level talks on Sunday, ahead of a possible meeting between ministers of the two countries, South Korea's Yonhap News agency reported. However, Seoul suggested Friday that the talks take place in the village of Panmunjom. Pyongyang had proposed the Kaesong industrialzone as the venue for the meeting, Yonhap reported. A South Korean official quoted by Yonhap said that a meeting in the "truce village" of Panmunjom would take less time to prepare than in Kaesong. The negotiations on Sunday would lay the groundwork for a possible meeting between ministers from both sides in Seoul on June 12, the report said. The talks in Seoul would be the first direct discussions between the two governments in over two years.
