PYONGYANG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A high-level South Korean delegation arrived on Friday in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), to resume the inter-Korean ministerial talk previously scheduled for March.

    Lee Jong-seok, the Minister of Unification and head of the South Korean delegation, was greeted by the DPRK delegation at the Pyongyang Sun-an Airport, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

    The 18th round of the ministerial meeting will begin on Saturday and focus on security and economic and humanitarian cooperation in the Korean Peninsula, the report said.

    The talk, this year's first, was planned to be held in Pyongyang from March 28 to March 31. But the DPRK decided to postpone it due to joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea.

    In early April, the DPRK proposed to restart the ministerial meeting.

    "The current situation and circumstances are not that good, but there have hardly been times when the situation and circumstances were easy," Lee told reporters before leaving Seoul.

    The last inter-Korea ministerial meeting was held on Chejudo Island, South Korea, in December 2005. Enditem