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Working-level officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone - North Korea's chief delegate Kim Myong Kil sits as working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program kicked off a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7. The talks are expected to discuss details regarding how to ship and store 950,000 tons of heavy oil or equivalent aid to the North, which is known to have a storage facility for only 200,000 tons a year.

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Working-level officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone - Chief U.S. delegate Kurt Tong takes his seat as working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program kick off a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7. The talks are expected to discuss details regarding how to ship and store 950,000 tons of heavy oil or equivalent aid to the North, which is known to have a storage facility for only 200,000 tons a year.

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Officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy aid

SEOUL, South Korea - Working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program begin a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7.

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Working-level officials kick off 2-day talks on N. Korea energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone - Japan's chief delegate Junichi Ihara is seated as working-level officials from six country in talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program kick off a two-day meeting at the truce village Panmunjeom on Aug. 7. The talks are expected to discuss details regarding how to ship and store 950,000 tons of heavy oil or equivalent aid to the North, which is known to have a storage facility for only 200,000 tons a year.

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, April 27 Kyodo - South Korean President Moon Jae In (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the border village of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018. (Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps)

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, April 27 Kyodo - People in Seoul watch a live broadcast showing South Korean President Moon Jae In (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands at the border village of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018.

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Inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea, April 27 Kyodo - South Korean President Moon Jae In (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un take a walk near the border between their countries in Panmunjeom on April 27, 2018. (Korea Summit Press Pool)

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The U.S.-led United Nations Command solders

SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 4 Kyodo - The U.S.-led United Nations Command solders stand guard on Jul. 27, 2017 in front of North Korea's main building, in a joint security area at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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The U.S.-led United Nations Command solders

SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 4 Kyodo - The U.S.-led United Nations Command solders stand guard on Jul. 27, 2017 in front of North Korea's main building, in a joint security area at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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South Korean soldiers stand guard

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 4 Kyodo - South Korean soldiers stand guard on Sept. 30, 2017 in front of North Korea's main building in a joint security area at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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A South Korean soldier

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 4 Kyodo - A South Korean soldier (front) stands face-to-face with a North Korean soldier on July 27, 2017 at the border village of Panmunjeom, located in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas. A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by fellow soldiers on Nov. 13, 2017 while defecting to South Korea at the border village.

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Mattis-Song meeting

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 16 Kyodo - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young Moo visit the border truce village of Panmunjeom on Oct. 27, 2017.

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N. Korea-S. Korea border

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 4 Kyodo - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (front 2 from L) and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young Moo (front L) visit the border village of Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas on Oct. 27, 2017.

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U.S. troops in Panmunjeom

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. soldiers (front) and members of the Korean People's Army of North Korea (back) stay alert in Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea on July 27, 2014. The 61st anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice was marked the same day.

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USFK commander speaks to press in Panmunjeom

SEOUL, South Korea - Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, speaks to reporters in the South Korean part of Panmunjeom on July 27, 2014, the 61st anniversary of the signing of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice.

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N. Korean officer points camera at U.S. general

SEOUL, South Korea - One of three Korean People's Army officers points a camera toward Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. Forces Korea (in the foreground), in Panmunjeom in the demilitarized zone separating South Korea and North Korea on July 27, 2014, on the 61st anniversary of the signing of the 1950-53 Korean War armistice.

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2 Koreas begin 2nd round of high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean delegation, led by Kim Kyou Hyun (2nd from L), head of the secretariat of the National Security Council, is pictured in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2014, as it heads for a second round of high-level talks with North Korean officials at the border village of Panmunjeom. The two Koreas are discussing a broad range of bilateral issues including reunions of families separated by the 1950-1953 Korean War.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (C), head of the South Korean delegation, gives a press conference in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held the first high-level meeting in seven years.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (R), head of the South Korean delegation, shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held their first high-level meeting in seven years.

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Inter-Korean high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Kyou Hyun (L), head of the South Korean delegation, meets with South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae (R) in Seoul on Feb. 12, 2014, before heading for the border village of Panmunjeom to hold high-level talks with North Korean officials. The two Koreas held their first high-level meeting in seven years.

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S. Korea proposes talks with North

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Hyung Seok, a spokesman for South Korea's Unification Ministry, tells a press conference in Seoul on July 4, 2013, that South Korea proposed earlier in the day working-level talks with North Korea be held July 6 at the truce village of Panmunjeom to discuss issues related to the suspended joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong.

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2 Koreas hold working-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Chun Hae Sung (C), a senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry, holds a press conference in Seoul on June 9, 2013, ahead of talks between working-level officials from North and South Korea on the South Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjeom the same day.

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2 Koreas hold working-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Chun Hae Sung, a senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry, is pictured in Seoul on June 9, 2013, as he heads for the South Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjeom for talks between working-level officials from North and South Korea the same day.

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S. Korean activist in N. Korea

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - South Korean leftist activist Ro Su Hui (C) waves to the North Korean side (front) before crossing the border with the South in the truce village of Panmunjeom on July 5, 2012. The vice chairman of the North and South Headquarters of the Pan-national Alliance for Korea's Reunification was arrested after crossing the border to the South Korean side following an unauthorized trip to the North.

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2 Koreas lay groundwork for high-level military talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Three representatives of the South Korean military on Feb. 8, 2011, stand in front of a Unification Ministry building in Seoul ahead of their departure for the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjeom to discuss with their North Korean counterparts details for a proposed meeting of high-level defense officials between South and North Korea. The colonel-level talks are the first inter-Korean meeting since the North's deadly artillery attack on a South Korean border island in November 2010.

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Panmunjeon tour resumed

SEOUL, South Korea - An officer of the North Korean People's Army stands guard at the Panmunjeom truce village Dec. 7, 2010. A tour of the area between the Koreas was resumed for the first time since a North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island.

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Panmunjeon tour resumed

SEOUL, South Korea - A tourist takes a cellphone photo during a tour of the Panmunjeom truce village Dec. 7, 2010. The tour was resumed for the first time since the North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island.

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57th anniversary of Korean War armistice signing

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean military guard takes photos of some personnel of the U.S. and South Korean militaries at the truce village of Panmunjeom on July 27, 2010, outside the venue of a ceremony to mark the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice.

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57th anniversary of Korean War armistice signing

SEOUL, South Korea - Gen. Walter Sharp, top commander of U.S. forces in South Korea, raises his glass after addressing a ceremony at the Panmunjeom truce village July 27, 2010, to mark the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice. Sharp blasted North Korea for violating the armistice in its suspected involvement in the deadly sinking of a South Korean naval ship. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Clinton, Gates visit Panmunjeom

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae visit the truce village of Panmunjeom near the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea on July 21, 2010.

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N. Korean soldiers at Panmunjeom

TOKYO, Japan - Soldiers of the North Korean people's army are seen guarding the truce village of Panmunjeom between North and South Korea on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korean soldiers at Panmunjeom

TOKYO, Japan - Soldiers of the North Korean people's army are seen guarding the truce village of Panmunjeom between North and South Korea on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korea army near DMZ

TOKYO, Japan - A soldier of the North Korean people's army salutes while patrolling in a village near the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea in Panmunjeom on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korean soldiers at Panmunjeom

TOKYO, Japan - Soldiers of the North Korean people's army are seen guarding the truce village of Panmunjeom between North and South Korea on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korean soldiers at Panmunjeom

TOKYO, Japan - Soldiers of the North Korean people's army are seen guarding the truce village of Panmunjeom between North and South Korea on Oct. 25, 2009.

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N. Korea calls for speedy economic aid to advance 6-way talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Hwang Joon Kuk, chief of the South Korean foreign ministry's bureau on the North Korean nuclear issue, speaks at a press conference in Seoul on June 12. Hwang chaired a one-day meeting of working-level officials from the countries involved in the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs held at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 11.

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N. Korea complains about slow provision of energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - Hwang Jae Kook (L), head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's North Korean nuclear issue bureau, shakes hands with Hyon Hak Bong, deputy director of the U.S. affairs division at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, before a meeting at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 5. In the bilateral meeting, Hyon expressed disappointment over the pace of agreed-upon energy aid from its dialogue partners at the six-way talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons program, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.

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N. Korea to accept half of energy aid in equivalents

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - Holding hands, delegates from the six nations involved in negotiations to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program pose for photographers after a meeting held in the truce village of Panmunjeom on Oct. 30. North Korea will accept half of 1 million tons of energy aid in equivalents in an agreement reached after two days of talks, according to Lim Sung Nam, the South Korean chairman of the working group. The six nations involved in the talks are the United States, China, Russia, Japan, and the two Koreas.

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N. Korea to begin disablement of nuke facilities Nov. 1: official

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - Lim Sung Nam, South Korean chairman of a six-party working group on North Korea's nuclear programs, briefs reporters on a six-party meeting held at the truce village of Panmunjeom on Oct. 29. Lim said North Korea promised to start disabling its three major nuclear facilities from Nov. 1 under the framework of the six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

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Working-group officials begin talks on N. Korea energy aid

SEOUL, South Korea - Working-level officials from the six countries in talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program gather at the Peace House in the truce village of Panmunjeom on Oct. 29 to discuss the provision of energy and economic assistance to North Korea.

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2 Koreas start preparatory talks for high-level talks

South Korean Unification Ministry official Kim Ki Woong (C), director of the Special Office for Inter-Korean Dialogue, along with members of his team, meet with reporters in South Korea's capital on Nov. 26, 2015, before leaving for the truce village of Panmunjeom and a meeting with a North Korean team to prepare for high-level talks between the two nations, with the aim of improving bilateral relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan defense chief inspects inter-Korean truce village

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) is briefed by the South Korean military on Oct. 21, 2015, about the situation at the heavily guarded truce village of Panmunjeom. "I was able to feel firsthand the state of the Korean Peninsula, which has considerable strain," said Nakatani, who also inspected the Joint Security Area where soldiers from both Koreas face each other. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Koreans call for reunification on 70th anniv. of liberation

North Koreans gathered at the truce village of Panmunjeom call for the reunification of the two Koreas on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Koreans call for reunification on 70th anniv. of liberation

North Koreans gathered at the truce village of Panmunjeom call for the reunification of the two Koreas on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Koreans call for reunification on 70th anniv. of liberation

North Koreans gathered at the truce village of Panmunjeom call for the reunification of the two Koreas on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Korean DMZ on 70th anniversary of liberation

North Korean (front) and South Korean soldiers stand guard in the truce village of Panmunjeom on either side of the demarcation line of the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas, on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Koreans re-enact scenes of inter-Korean summit

A South Korean couple poses at the Panmunjeom movie set at the Korean Film Council's Namyangju Studios in Namyangju in South Korea on May 3, 2018, re-enacting the historic moment of the South and North Korean leaders shaking hands when they met for their summit on April 27 in the same year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Koreans at Panmunjeom movie set

Jeon Young Pyo (C) poses with his wife at a movie set of the Korean Film Council's Namyangju Studios in Namyangju, South Korea, on May 3, 2018, trying to re-enact the historic moment of President Moon Jae In and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shaking hands on the border in the truce village of Panmunjeom the previous month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) crosses over to the South Korean side of the border at Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018, with South Korean President Moon Jae In at his side. (Korea Summit Press Pool)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inter-Korean summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae In shake hands across the border between their countries at Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone on April 27, 2018. (Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo