South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) ended their one-day historical generallevel military talks at DPRK's Mount Geumgang on Wednesday with anagreement to hold another round of such talks in June.

A statement of the South Korean Defense Ministry said that the two military delegations agreed to "study the contents of each other's proposal and continue discussions" over joint measures to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula.

They agreed to meet again on June 3 at South Korea's Mount Seolak, only 10 kilometers to the overland inter-Korean border.

The two sides have agreed to hold senior level military talks in an inter-Korean ministerial talks held in Pyongyang in early May as an effort to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula and buildmutual trust between the two countries.

South Korea's main concern at the meeting is to arrange joint measures to prevent possible navy clashes between the two sides along the controversial inter-Korean sea border, Northern Limit Line (NLL), in the Yellow Sea.

Up to now, the DPRK side does not accept the conception of NLL.The two countries had navy skirmishes around the so-called NLL area in 1999 and 2002, causing heavy casualties on both sides.

According to the statement, the South Korean delegation, led by Rear Admiral Park Jung-hwa, proposed a package of measures to prevent accidental clashes along the NLL, including the establishment of a military hotline between the two navies and the use of the same radio frequencies and flag signals.

But the DPRK team insisted that priority be given to discontinue propaganda broadcasts directed at each other along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which separates the two countries.

Although the two countries now regularly held ministerial, economic talks as well as meetings on specific fields, the military authorities of the two countries seldom met.

It is the first senior level military contact between the two countries since the year 2000, when the two sides held defense chief talks following the historical inter-Korean summit meeting held between then South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Il.