Koreas in talks on reducing tension as US detects activity at missile factory
The US claims its spy satellites have detected activity at missile factory
Seoul — North and South Korea discussed reducing tension but did not announce any detailed agreements after military talks on Tuesday, while the US said it had detected renewed activity at a North Korean missile factory, casting more suspicion over the North’s intentions. The meeting, the second since June and held in the border village of Panmunjom, was designed to follow on from an inter-Korean summit in April at which leaders of the two Koreas agreed to defuse tension and halt “all hostile acts”. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also vowed during his separate summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore in June to work towards denuclearisation, but there has been no concrete agreement to accomplish that goal. The North had pursued its nuclear and missile programmes in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions and sanctions.
Generals from the two Koreas exchanged views on a possible cut in firearms and personnel to “demilitarise” the heavily fortified demilitarised zo...
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