South Korea renewed its calls Friday for North Korea to accept a weeks-long offer to hold high-level talks as the communist country stayed mum on it and continued to blame the South for lingering inter-Korean tension.
In late December, Seoul proposed that the two Koreas hold high-level talks to discuss pending issues, including the arrangement of a reunion for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War around the Lunar New Year's Day that falls in mid-February.