The talks between the two Korean states in an effort to resolve the situation have ended the parties reaching a deal, South Korean press reported.
Details of the deal are expected to be unveiled shortly by a national security advisor to the South Korean president.
On Aug. 10 South Korea resumed its loudspeaker propaganda in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) for the first time in the past eleven years. The decision was preceded by an incident that involved two South Korean soldiers who were injured in a mine explosion in the DMZ. Seoul accused Pyongyang of planting the mine, North Korea dismissed the accusations.
Last Thursday, Aug. 20, North and South Koreas exchanged artillery fire.
For his part, the intelligence chief of North Korea’s armed forces said that the North Korean army units along the demarcation line with South Korea were put on the highest level of alert.
According to the South Korean media, after Seoul resumed its propaganda broadcasts last week, Pyongyang threatened it with “indiscriminate strike” against South Korean territory unless South Korea stops broadcasting through the loudspeakers.
