Anchor: South and North Korea have agreed to hold high-level governmental talks in two weeks in the North’s border city of Gaeseong. The two sides will discuss issues including reunions of families separated by the Korean War and resuming tours to Mount Geumgang.
Our Kim Bumsoo has more.
 
Report: The two Koreas will hold vice-ministerial talks in the border city of Gaeseong in the North next month.

Working-level officials of the two Koreas met at the truce village of Panmunjeom and reached the agreement around midnight Thursday after eleven hours of negotiations.

As the meeting wrapped up, Seoul's Unification Ministry Spokesman Jeong Joon-hee announced the upcoming talks on December 11. 
 
[Sound bite: Unification Ministry Spokesman Jeong Joon-hee (Korean)]
“The Seoul government will properly prepare for the planned high-level talks in order to improve inter-Korean relations.”
 
The two sides agreed to discuss general pending issues regarding inter-Korean relations. They are expected to hold in-depth talks on family reunions and resuming the Mount Geumgang tour program.

Seoul suspended tours to Mount Geumgang in 2008 after a South Korean tourist was shot and killed by a North Korean solider.

Pyongyang has not responded to Seoul's request to hold family reunions on a regular basis. More than 66,000 South Koreans, most of them elderly, are on a waiting list to reunite with family members in the North. 

The agreement to meet next month comes after the two sides met in August and made a deal to hold high-level talks as soon as possible. 
Kim Bumsoo, KBS World Radio News.