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North & South Korea Officials Meet at DMZ for First High-Level Talks in 2 Years

HeadlineJan 09, 2018

Officials from North Korea and South Korea met today in the Demilitarized Zone for the first high-level talks in more than two years, amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, largely sparked by President Trump’s repeated threats to launch a nuclear strike against North Korea. During the meeting, North Korea said it would send a delegation of athletes, officials and cheerleaders to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February. The two countries will also reinstate a military hotline that was suspended for nearly two years.

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