North, South Korea talk all night, to resume Sunday, in bid to end standoff

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By Tony Munroe and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea were due to resume talks on Sunday after negotiating through the night in a bid to ease tensions that brought the peninsula to the brink of armed conflict. The meeting at the Panmunjom truce village inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) began on Saturday evening, shortly after North Korea's deadline for Seoul to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts or face military action, and broke before dawn on Sunday. The envoys held discussions on how to resolve tensions and improve ties, South Korea's presidential Blue House said in a brief statement.




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