The two Koreas will discuss on Friday resuming work on the publication of a joint dictionary covering their different dialects, officials here said, in another sign of easing tension between the rivals.
The project, launched in 2005, was suspended last year after South Korea accused North Korea of sinking one of its warships in March, killing 46 sailors on board.
Four South Korean members of the project's joint committee headed to the North Korean border city of Kaesong earlier in the day, where they will hold working-level talks with their northern counterparts, the officials said.
The two sides are expected to review the dictionary's draft versions and discuss holding a joint conference between their experts next month.
Efforts to revive inter-Korean exchanges have gained momentum in recent months, raising hopes of a thaw in the two countries' relations. Tensions peaked last year following the ship sinking and the North's shelling of a South Korean border island in November. Four South Koreans were killed in the attack.
Seoul recently pledged to use a principled but flexible policy toward Pyongyang, and backed up its promise with cross-border religious and cultural exchanges as well as the resumption of medical aid to the communist country.(Yonhap)