In a first visible split with the Trump administration, South Korea on Monday said that it was ready to hold military and humanitarian talks with North Korea.

"We request military talks with the North on July 21 at Tongilgak to stop all hostile activities that raise military tension at the military demarcation line," Suh Choo-suk, South Korea's vice defense minister, told a media briefing on Monday. Seoul’s proposal for two sets of talks indicates that South Korean President Moon Jae-in is pushing to improve ties with Pyongyang despite the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile test this month.

One possible agenda of the talks can be an attempt to reunite the families separated after the Korean War that took place decades ago. The Red Cross said it hoped for "a positive response" from its counterpart in the North, hoping to hold family reunions in early October.

As the military officials on both the sides do not have the direct authority to negotiate significant agreements, there was no immediate response from the North. If realized, the talks would be the first inter-Korean dialogue since December 2015.

 

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