North and South Korea agreed Thursday to hold talks about reopening a joint industrial zone which shut down amid high military tensions

North and South Korea agreed Thursday to hold talks about reopening a joint industrial zone which shut down amid high military tensions.
  
The agreement follows months of friction and threats of war by Pyongyang, after its February nuclear test attracted tougher UN sanctions.
  
Thursday's announcement came a day after the North restored a cross-border hotline and announced it would let the South's businessmen visit the Kaesong estate just north of the border to check on their closed factories.
  
The South's unification ministry responded by suggesting a working-level meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom on Saturday. After some dispute about the venue, the North accepted the South's proposal, a ministry spokesman told AFP.
  
Plans for high-level talks last month on the future of the estate, which has been shut since April, had collapsed at the last minute due to a protocol dispute.