Further talks in bid to avert war between North and South Korea

Senior officials from North and South Korea have resumed a second round of talks, which temporarily pushed aside vows of imminent war on the peninsula.

The talks restarted in the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea’s presidential office said.

The delegates failed to reach an agreement in Saturday’s marathon talks that stretched into the early hours of yesterday, and it was still unclear whether diplomacy would defuse what has become the most serious confrontation in years.