Noord-Korea stelt Zuid-Korea voor over handel te praten

North Korea on Thursday proposed official talks with South Korea to normalize commercial projects, including the Kaesong industrial zone that was shut down at the height of tensions between the rivals in early April.

North Korea's state-owned KCNA news agency also said the government would restore severed communications channels if the South accepted the offer of talks, indicating it was prepared to roll back a series of steps it has taken since March that reinforced the deterioration in relations between the two sides.