The South-North summit talks originally set to take place from August 28th through 30th in Pyongyang have been posponed to early October.

In an emergency telephone message sent to the South Saturday morning, North Korea asked South Korea to postpone the inter-Korean summit to early October, citing severe damage from recent flooding in the North.

Presidential spokesman Cheon Ho-seon said said that South Korea accepted the North's request and proposed holding the summit from October second through October fourth in Pyongyang.