남북, 오늘 공동연락사무소서 산림회담 개최... 병해충 방제•양묘장 현대화 등 논의
South and North Korea are holding talks on forestry cooperation today at the joint liaison office in Gaeseong, just north of the border.
It's one of several rounds of talks the two Koreas agreed to hold at their high-level talks last week.
Oh Jung-hee reports.
Delegations of South and North Korea are meeting on Monday at the joint liaison office set up in North Korea's border town of Gaeseong... to discuss forestry cooperation.
It's one of several rounds of inter-Korean talks agreed to be held by the two Koreas at their high-level talks last week,... other discussions for medical care, sports exchanges, and war-torn families are coming up later this month or next month.

Seoul and Pyeongyang are sending three-member delegations for Monday's forestry talks.
Seoul's delegation is led by Park Jong-ho, the Deputy Minister of the Korea Forest Service... and Pyeongyang is led by Kim Song-jun from the North's Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection.
According to Seoul, the two sides will be discussing not only urgent issues like controlling diseases and pests and modernizing North Korea's tree nurseries... but also those that require long-term attention... like restoring the overall ecosystem along the Korean Peninsula.
Through the talks, South and North Korea may come up with schedules for joint inspections on disease and pest control... and determine where to set up tree nurseries.

This is the second time Seoul and Pyeongyang are meeting for forestry talks.
Their first meeting was in early July, which led to a joint survey at North Korea's Mount Geumgang in early August.
Seoul is especially keen to foster forestry cooperation with North Korea... as that's the area least influenced by international sanctions imposed on the North.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.