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# Seoul says yes to peace talks offer from North Korea

- by: Rick Wallace, Tokyo correspondent
- From: The Australian
- June 07, 2013 12:00AM

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SOUTH Korea has swiftly endorsed a surprise proposal from the North for the first meaningful talks to be held between the two countries in years.

The move follows months of extreme tensions between the foes, whose relations have been effectively frozen since the 2010 sinking by the North of a South Korean warship.

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