Meeting between Koreas suggests easing tensions

The two Koreas are set to meet today for high-level talks after a seven-month hiatus, paving the way for mending inter-Korean ties that frayed over the communist North’s missile launches and nuclear test.

The resumed Cabinet-level meetings, the highest channel of dialogue between the Koreas, are the first concrete sign of eased tensions on the divided peninsula since Pyongyang’s pledge on February 13 at international arms talks to shut down its main nuclear reactor within 60 days.