Seoul: North and South Korea will hold their first summit in more than a decade on April 27, South Korean officials say.

It comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged his commitment to denuclearisation as tensions ease between the old foes.

South Korean officials, who announced the date after high-level talks with North Korean counterparts at the border on Thursday, said the agenda would largely be denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and improving inter-Korean relations.

The two Koreas had agreed to hold the summit at the border truce village of Panmunjom when South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent a delegation to Pyongyang this month to meet North Korean leader.

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Thursday's meeting was the first high-level dialogue between the two Koreas since the delegation returned from the North.

AAP