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Suh Ho (left), head of the South Korean working-level delegation, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Park Chol-Su after their talks at the Tongilgak on the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas on Sunday. AFP PHOTO

SEOUL: North and South Korea on Sunday made a crucial step forward in winding down months of high tension, agreeing to reopen a joint industrial zone seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation.

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