국방부 北에 군사회담 제안
We begin this morning at the defense ministry,...
The South Korean government has officially proposed holding military talks with North Korea... to follow up on President Moon Jae-in's offer to stop all acts of hostility on the inter-Korean border.
For more details we connect with our Kim Hyun-bin,... who is at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul.
Hyun-bin,... this is quite a big step for the Moon administration...
That's right, Semin.
About an hour ago, South Korea's Vice Defense Minister Suh Choo-suk proposed inter-Korean military talks as a way to reduce tensions along the heavily-fortified border.
Let's take a look at what he had to say.
"The Ministry of National Defense proposes inter-Korean military talks at Panmunjom on July 21st at the North Korean building of Tongilgak. The talks will be aimed at reducing military tensions along the border and halting all hostilities."
The proposal is a follow up to President Moon Jae-in's speech earlier this month in Berlin,... when he laid out his vision for bringing peace to the peninsula.
The proposal aims to mutually halt acts of hostility along the border... as of July 27... which is the 64th anniversary of the Armistice Treaty that ended the three-year Korean War in a ceasefire in 1953.
Experts believe Seoul could agree to power down propaganda loudspeakers installed along the border and end anti-North Korean regime leaflet drops.
On the North Korean side,... they are likely to demand a halt to the joint military drills between Seoul and Washington for the talks to resume.
That's all I have for now.
I'll keep you updated throughout the day.
Back to you.
