South Korea has accepted North Korea's offer to hold working-level military talks to discuss ways of improving military hotlines.

The Defense Ministry in Seoul said the talks will take place on Monday morning at a cross-border immigration office at the western part of the border. On Friday, the North proposed the talks for Monday.

South Korea will send a four-member delegation led by a lieutenant colonel, while the North is expected to send a delegation composed of three or four officers.

There are nine military direct communication lines between the Koreas. However, as the ones on the west coast have not been in use since May due to malfunctions, the two Koreas have been prompting the east coast lines to exchange information on cross-border transportation.

The two sides agree that the west coast lines need upgrades, but have not been able to discuss repair schedules due to suspended military talks amid strained bilateral relations.

At the first working-level military talks earlier this month, North Korea strongly protested South Korean civic groups' dissemination of anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets in the North.

Observers say the North may bring up the issue of the leaflets again.