Republic of Korea Colonel Moon Sang-kyun (left) and his DPRK counterpart Colonel Ri Shin-kwon pose before their talks at the Peace House on southern part of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone in Paju, north of Seoul on Thursday. Although the DPRK and the ROK had not held working-level military talks since 2008, Thursday's talks ended in failure. Choi Hung-soo / Korea Pool / Newsis via Reuters