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North and South Korea agree to restart talks
Pyongyang officials visit Asian Games

NORTH and South Korea agreed to restart stalled discussions on their contact with each other on Saturday, Seoul said.

Three top-ranking Pyongyang officials — including Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un’s apparent number two Hwang Pyong So — made a surprise visit to South Korea for the close of the Asian Games.

“The two sides agreed to discuss details for the resumption of the high-level contact,” Seoul’s Reunification Ministry said in a statement.

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