Seoul and Pyongyang will hold working-level military talks on Thursday to discuss necessary measures to conclude a “comprehensive agreement on the military sector” ahead of the fifth inter-Korean summit, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on Tuesday.

North Korea proposed to hold the meeting in a notice last Thursday while South Korea accepted the suggestion, the defense ministry said, without providing further details.

“The South and North Korean military authorities agree to hold the 40th inter-Korean working-level military talks in Tongilgak, on the northern part of Panmunjom, at 1000 local time on September 13,” it announced in