North Korea has proposed holding talks with South Korea in an official letter, a government official said Monday, after Seoul rejected earlier proposals offered in what officials here called a "unilateral announcement."
In its letter to the Seoul government, Pyongyang again urged early resumption of government-level talks as well as Red Cross dialogue it earlier said will help resume suspended tours to the North's Mount Kumgang, according to the official from Seoul's Unification Ministry, Yonhap reported.
North Korea on Saturday urged the resumption of talks in a statement issued by its Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea.