North Korea has expressed regret over the injury of two South Korean border guards by the landmine blast in the Demilitarized Zone and the South has agreed to stop propaganda broadcasts from Tuesday noon, South Korea's National Security Office Chief Kim Kwan-jin said delivering a joint statement 2 a.m., Tuesday.



The six-point announcement comes an hour after the high-level marathon talks betwen the Koreas ended in an agreement.



The Koreas have agreed to hold another round of official talks in Seoul or Pyongyang as soon as possible to discuss exchanges.



In addition, the North agreed to lift the "quasi-state of war."



The two Koreas will push for reunions of separated family members in September and will hold a separate Red Cross talks early September to organize the talks.



The agreement comes just as President Park Geun-hye marks a mid-way point in her single five-year tenure.



The inclusion of Kim and Hwang Pyong-so, director of the general political department of the Korean People's Army and the North's de facto No. 2 man, in the talks suggest that the Tuesday agreements may reflect the political will of leaders of the two Koreas.



Both President Park and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un earlier this year had indicated that they would be open to talks.







