South Korea and the United States, its main ally, dispute the claim. Tongilgak is a North Korean building at the Panmunjom truce village on the border used for previous inter-Korea talks. In the proposal for talks, South Korea did not elaborate on the meaning of hostile military activities, which varies between the two Koreas. South Korea usually refers to loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts by both sides, while the North wants a halt to routine joint US-South Korea military drills. When asked if South Korea was willing to "be flexible" on military drills with the United States should North Korea be open to talks, Cho said the government had not discussed the matter specifically.

Source: bd News24 July 17, 2017 04:30 UTC