SEOUL May 17 Kyodo North and tow...

SEOUL May 17 Kyodo

North and toward the south Korea will hold the fifth cylindrical of economic talks in Pyongyang for four days from Monday, southern Korea's Unification Ministry said Saturday.

The five-member southern Korean delegation, headed by Vice Finance and Economy Minister Kim Kwang Lim, will soar into the North Korean capital via the direct western way the ministry said.

Earlier Saturday, the North and southward Korean sides exchanged a list of delegates who are to attend the talks, which will focus forward inter-Korean economic cooperation.

During the 10th orbed of ministerial talks held in Pyongyang in April, North and southern Korea agreed to the holding of the economic talks.

North and toward the south Korea have held a series of official-level talks to discuss national reconciliation and other joint business plans since the 2000 inter-Korean summit between then southward Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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