Lights are off at the South Korean checkpoint on the road leading to Kaesong in North Korea on May 3, 2013
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SEOUL , JUN 06 -
North Korea on Thursday proposed talks with South Korea on a wide range of issues from reopening a shuttered joint industrial complex to resuming cross-border family reunions.
The surprise proposal, carried in a statement from the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK), followed months of military tensions triggered by the North's nuclear test in February.
The CPRK, the state body responsible for relations with the South, did not specify at what level the talks should take place, but said the venue and date "can be set to the convenience of the South side."
Initial subjects for discussion would be the future of the Kaesong joint industrial zone, which was closed at the height of the recent tensions, and the possible resumption of cross-border tours to the North's Mount Kumgang resort, the CPRK said.
"Such humanitarian issues as the reunion of separated families and their relatives can be discussed at the talks, if necessary," said the statement carried on the official Korean Central News Agency.
South Korea has already offered working-level talks on Kaesong, but stipulated that the agenda should be limited to the retrieval of raw materials and finished goods left behind by South Korea n factory managers when they left the complex.
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