Ri Son-gwon (3rd L), chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), shakes hands with South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon (3rd R) in the truce village of Panmunjom, Jan. 9, 2018. South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday started high-level talks, the first in about two years, at the truce village of Panmunjom. (Xinhua/South Korean Unification Ministry)