South and North Korea have reportedly held two more secret meetings to discuss holding an inter-Korean summit other than the secret contact in May in Beijing on which the North recently disclosed.

Quoting a source on North Korea on Friday, minor opposition Liberty Forward Party lawmaker Park Sun-young told KBS that officials of the two Koreas held secret meetings in Southeast Asia in early December last year and March this year.

She added that the secret contact in Beijing last month reportedly failed to produce an agreement as Pyongyang said it would consider expressions that could be seen as an apology by the South on the sinking of the Cheonan naval vessel and shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, but Seoul demanded a more proper apology.

Park added that the money that the North claimed the South had offered during the secret contact was a total of ten-thousand U.S. dollars, which was provided by Seoul as transportation and accommodation expenses for five North Korean delegates.