The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) proposed Friday working-level talks to be held in Kaesong over the weekend in preparation for the ministerial talks offered by Seoul, the Yonhap news agency reported.

The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (DPRK) said that Pyongyang wants the talks to be held on Sunday at the border town just north of the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas.

Related to the inter-Korean talks, the DPRK also said that it will restore Red Cross liaison channels starting at 2 p.m. local time, a day after it called for government-to-government talks on Thursday to discuss the normalization of the Kaesong Industrial Complex and the Mount Kumgang tours.

In response to DPRK's offer to hold inter-governmental talks, South Korea said later Thursday it wants to hold a ministerial- level dialogue with the DPRK on June 12 in Seoul "in order to resolve issues of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the Mt. Kumgang resort and separated families." 

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