Officials from North and South Korea began general-level military talks on Tuesday morning, the second of their kind this year, the ROK Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced.

The talks, which are reportedly being held on Pyongyang’s request, began at 1000 KST at the Peace House on the Southern side of Panmunjom.

They follow a similar meeting in June: the first general-level talks between the two Koreas in over a decade.

“We will put our utmost efforts into coming up with substantive measures for the alleviation of inter-Korean military tensions and confidence building through this meeting,” South Korean chief