The two Koreas have begun working-level talks on Wednesday morning in the North to discuss ways to normalize the operation of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex.

The South's delegation, led by the Unification Ministry's head of the Inter-Korean Cooperation District Support Directorate, sat down with the North Korean delegation around 10:35 a.m. at the factory park. Their first session ended at 11 a.m.

Throughout Wednesday, the three-member delegations of the two sides are expected to discuss ways to resume the operation of the last remaining inter-Korean business venture, which has been shut down since April. 

The North Korean delegation is represented by the vice director of the Central Guidance Bureau for Special Zone Development.  

Seoul's chief delegate to the talks, Suh Ho, said Wednesday before his departure to the North that the meeting should yield an agreement that lives up to international standards and common sense. He said that such an accord will pave the way for achieving, what the South calls, "constructive normalization" of the joint industrial park.

A Unification Ministry official said Tuesday that under the aim of "constructive normalization," the working-level talks should be focused on ways to prevent the future suspension of the industrial complex.

The official added that the South and North had been divided over the future course of action as Seoul is calling for the industrial park's constructive normalization and Pyongyang is emphasizing resuming operations there. 

The upcoming meeting is a follow-up to the two delegations' prior discussions over the weekend at the truce village of Panmunjeom. The two sides agreed at the talks to work on finding a breakthrough to the complex shutdown.