South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold working-level talks on family reunion in Kaesong on Sept. 17, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Monday.

According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, the ministry said Red Cross officials from the two Koreas plan to hold talks in DPRK's border town of Kaesong on Friday to discuss arranging additional reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

An official of the ministry was quoted by Yonhap as saying that South Korea's Red Cross earlier Monday proposed holding working- level contacts in Kaesong on Sept. 17 to prepare reunions of separated families and its DPRK counterpart accepted the offer.