Pyongyang and Seoul on Monday agreed to push for a groundbreaking ceremony connecting and modernizing inter-Korean road and rail to take place between late November and early December.

In a joint press statement following high-level talks at Panmunjom, the two Koreas said the ceremony would connect transport infrastructure on the eastern and western coast of the peninsula within the year – a key agreement in last month’s Pyongyang agreement.

They also agreed to push ahead with a joint on-site survey of the Gyeongui and Donghae railway lines from late October and early November respectively.

The South Korean presidential office last month