Set against South Korea’s geopolitical fault lines, the meeting will address critical issues ranging from trade tensions and technology rivalry to security concerns around the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific.
While four tunnels have been discovered so far, the South Koreans believe there are many more. The South Korean armed forces still spend a lot of time and energy on finding more infiltration tunnels.
The US and South Korea, in particular, have been keeping a close eye reportedly on the Sunan airfield and some other sites where the North conducted missile tests.
The South Korean Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Noh and Morgulov exchanged opinions on the entire peninsula situation, discussing bilateral cooperation for progress in the complete denuclearization of and permanent peace settlement on the peninsula.
Ned Price, the spokesman of the US State Department, said Blinken reiterated US support for inter-Korean reconciliation.
Among the four victims, Lee Chun-sik is the only surviving plaintiff.
When the South refused to restart the ventures, calling on the North to first move towards denuclearization, North Korea turned increasingly harsh towards Mr Moon’s government.
Lee Do-hoon and his US counterpart Stephen Biegun shared their assessments of the situation on the peninsula and discussed cooperation in making "substantive" progress in the peace efforts".
The US air operation also responded to Pyongyang's warning to send a "Christmas gift" to Donald Trump if the latter does not come up with a new proposal in the denuclearisation dialogue.
A total of six people were killed across the country but the toll was expected to rise with several people missing.
