SpaceWar.com reports: “South Korea proposed on Monday talks with Pyongyang to avoid border clashes, the first such offer in seven years as Seoul seeks to ease military tensions with the nuclear-armed North.

Citing recent incursions by North Korean troops, Kim Hong-cheol, deputy minister for national defence policy, told a news briefing that military-to-military channels can help avert an escalation.

‘To prevent accidental clashes and ease military tensions, our military officially proposes that the two sides hold inter-Korean military talks to discuss the establishment of a clear reference line for the MDL,’ he said, referring to the military demarcation line on the border.

Seoul and Pyongyang technically remain at war as the 1953 Armistice Agreement that halted the conflict between them was never followed by a a peace treaty…”