Korean talks to continue

THE first talks between rival military generals from North and South Korea ended yesterday with little progress.

But both sides agreed to continue negotiations on ways to reduce tension along the Cold War’s last frontier amid an international deadlock over the communist North’s nuclear weapons programmes.

The generals met at the North’s east coast Diamond Mountain resort, just north of the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone that has separated the opponents since the end of the 1950-’53 Korean War.

The one-day discussions stretched into the afternoon and ended in agreement to meet again on June 3 at Sorak Mountain in South Korea.