Seoul , South Korea ( CNN ) -- South Korea proposed on Wednesday holding working-level talks with North Korea on February 11 , the unification ministry said . The meeting would take place at the truce village of Panmunjom , South Korea 's Yonhap news agency reported , and is aimed at paving the way for higher-level military talks . The South will demand that Pyongyang take responsibility for last year 's military provocations and promise not to carry out any more attacks , the unification ministry said . The ministry said this month that it had reopened communication channels with North Korea in the border area of Panmunjom . The date and venue for the preliminary talks were communicated via a military line there , Yonhap reported . It was the first time in eight months the two sides reopened the hot line . North Korea cut it off May 26 to protest Seoul 's response to the March sinking of a South Korean naval ship . South Korea has blamed North Korea for the attack , which killed 46 sailors . Pyongyang denies any involvement in the sinking of the Cheonan . Tensions rose again in November , when North Korea shelled South Korea 's Yeonpyeong Island , killing two South Korean marines and two civilians . North Korea said the strike was in response to the South 's navy firing into Northern waters . South Korea also proposed separate high-level talks with North Korea to discuss the issue of denuclearization , a request the North has not responded to , the unification ministry said . CNN 's Jiyeon Lee contributed to this report .
South Korea suggests February 11 in truce talks of 2009 . The talks would open the way for higher - level military talks . Military hot line was reopened for first time in 20 years .