(VOVworld) – On Monday, top-level military officials from South and North Korea continued their second round of emergency talks for more than 19 hours at the border village of Panmunjom, amid a tense situation with both militaries put on their highest states of alert.

The high-level talks between the two Koreas (Photo: Yonhap)

South Korean President Park Geun-hye's chief security advisor Kim Kwan-jin and top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un's chief military aide Hwang Pyong So were continuing their negotiations. This is the highest-level meeting between the two Koreas in the past year. Despite the wide gaps to be bridged, the resumption of top- level talks and the ongoing marathon dialogue indicated a strong willingness from both sides to stop tensions from soaring to the highest level with both sides on maximum alert.