11.   Talks reopened briefly last month in Washington.

12.   The talks reopened after a six-month suspension of official contacts.

13.   The talks reopened hours after South Korea had said after overnight negotiations that the two sides had reached preliminary agreement on terms of the bailout package.

14.   Debt repayment talks reopened in Moscow in September this year but have failed to make much progress.

15.   The talks reopened amid news of fresh massacres of clergymen by both sides.