DHAKA: North and South Korea are to hold top-level talks amid growing tension, the South’s presidential office has said.

Senior aides to the two countries’ leaders will meet at the Panmunjom truce village on the border at 0900 GMT, the Blue House said, reports the BBC.

North Korea had threatened ‘strong military action’ if the South did not stop border loudspeaker broadcasts.

Following an exchange of fire on Thursday, North Korea declared a ‘semi-state of war’, state media reported.

BDST: 1234 HRS, AUG 22, 2015
RR