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North, South Korea Launch Deputy-Ministerial Talks

© AP Photo / Ahn Young-joonSouth Koreans watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, third from right, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's ruling party in Pyongyang, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015
South Koreans watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, third from right, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the country's ruling party in Pyongyang, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 - Sputnik International
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North and South Korean diplomats are due to hold first high-level talks in the two countries’ current leadership to defuse border tensions and work out humanitarian issues on Friday.

TOKYO (Sputnik) – The sides agreed to meet after tensions escalated in August with an exchange of cross-border fire along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Pyongyang declared what it described a "semi-state of war" at the time.

A mock North Korean missile is pictured during a rally denouncing North Korea's nuclear test and its recent missile launches, at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul - Sputnik International
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South Korean Deputy Unification Minister Hwang Boo-gi is expected to meet Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea Deputy Executive Secretary Jeon Jeong Soo in the Kaesong border town.

The Sejong Institute private non-profit’s unification expert Cheong Seong-chang told RIA Novosti he expected Friday’s meeting to influence foreign policy both in Seoul and Pyongyang.

"The result of the current negotiations will have a very big impact not only on Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech, but on the North-South relations next year as a whole," Cheong said.

South and North Korea remain legally at war, as no peace treaty was signed after the Korean War of 1950-1953.

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