South and North Korea will hold a series of meetings to discuss cooperation on railways, roads and forestry over the next two weeks.  

The Unification Ministry said Monday that the two sides will discuss cooperation on railways on Tuesday, on roads on Thursday and on forestry next Wednesday. 

The upcoming meetings are significant as they indicate that the two Koreas are expanding the scope of their bilateral talks to economic cooperation. So far, the two sides had mainly focused discussions on easing military tensions, boosting sports exchanges and tackling humanitarian issues. 

However, given that it would be difficult to pursue full-fledged economic cooperation projects due to strict sanctions in place for the North, the upcoming meetings are likely to focus on conducting fact-finding surveys and joint research.

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