SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday agreed to hold separate military talks after a high-level dialogue in the truce village of Panmunjom located in the demilitarized zone between the two countries.

A joint press release issued after the dialogue said the DPRK had also agreed to send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics to be hosted by Seoul next month, according to local media reports.