North Korea says ‘sorry’, South Korea shakes hand and says ‘All’s well’

North Korea and South Korea have agreed to call it quits for the time being. North has expressed "regret" over landmine attacks that wounded two soldiers from the South. And, South has reciprocated by agreeing to stop broadcasting propaganda over the border.
The decision to hold the talks at the Panmunjom truce village inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) came just hours before the deadline set by Mr Kim Jong-Un for the South to dismantle its loudspeakers.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 25 August 2015.

The deal came after marathon talks and it calms the fears of an escalation in the conflict between the two countries. North Korea has also agreed to end its "quasi state of war" with the South and the neighbors agreed to hold follow-up talks in order to improve relations in Seoul or Pyongyang.
Adviser to the South Korean president has said that North Korea has apologized for the landmine provocation and has promised to work to prevent the recurrence of such events and ease tensions.
South Korea had set up 11 sites from where loudspeakers would boom out anti-Pyongyang messages, news broadcasts and K-pop hits such as Gangnam Style across the border. Seoul had refused to stop unless the North expressed apology for the landmine attacks.
Of course, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had continually denied any involvement but, an agreement has been reached and it hints at a softened stance from both sides thus ending the prospect of war on the Korean peninsula.
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