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North and South Korea will hold high-level talks today (May 15) at Panmunjom and discuss concrete implementation of the joint declaration. There are a lot of issues to discuss, including issues related to separated families, railroad and road connection issues, and the joint 2020 Olympic Games.

It is Kim Hye-young.

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The two Koreas will hold high-level talks today at the house of peace in the south of Panmunjom.

It is only two months since August, when the high-level delegation of the two Koreas faces each other.

Unification Minister Chung Hae-sung and Kim Jong-ryeol, the second vice minister of the Ministry of Land Transport and Tourism, represent the chief representative of the Unification Ministry of Unification.

North Korea has five members, including Kim Yoon-hyuk, a railroad chief, and Park Ho-young, a member of the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs.

As the North and South Korea have included high-ranking officials in charge of railways and roads, it is expected that the North Korean railway and road field investigation will be intensively discussed at today's meeting.

The meeting of the Red Cross is expected to be decided at today's meeting, which will discuss the whole issue of separated families, including the number of permanent pension facilities.

It is expected that discussions will be held on the composition of the North-South Military Joint Committee, which is scheduled to be activated immediately in the Pyongyang Joint Declaration.

The Pyongyang art troupe's performance in Seoul this month and the 2020 Olympic Games in the summer will also be discussed.

The forest sector and the healthcare sector are expected to be on the talks as well.