A South Korean sentry post (bottom) stands by a barbed wire fence at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas on the western section of the inter-Korean border near Paju, north of Seoul, on Jan. 2, 2018, while a North Korean sentry post stands in the background. South Korea proposed high-level talks with North Korea on Jan. 9 over its participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, in response to leader Kim Jong-un's reconciliatory New Year's message the previous day. (Yonhap) (END)