The tension between North and South Korea has been on the minds of politically aware citizens for years. South Korea suffered a number of smaller attacks by North Korea and in response South Korea held live-fire artillery exercises.
Recently, North Korea provoked the South and then immediately asked for military talks while requesting fertilizer and other concessions from the South. South Korea would like to see a cut in the military budget of the North. North and South Korea have both agreed to hold a summit to evaluate the situation and plan to make steps to a progressive future for Koreans.
The summit to be held will be low profile and more of a preliminary talk than a full-fledged peace summit between the two nations. China an ally of North Korea is pressing the military talks.
A six-nation talk in 2009 with North Korea, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Russia and China intended to take away nuclear weapons from the North failed after North Korea would no longer submit to United Nations inspections of their nuclear facility.
More details on the North and South Korea military talks: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/world/asia/02korea.html?scp=1&sq=korea&st=nyt
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