ARIRANG NEWS 16:00 President Park to hold New Year's news conference next week

Title: President Park to hold New Year's news conference next week President Park Geun-hye will hold a news conference with foreign and domestic press next week... to outline her administration's policy plans for the new year. Chief presidential press secretary Lee Jyung-hyun told reporters earlier this Friday that the president's first press conference since taking office will take place at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae at 10 a.m. on Monday. Lee said... the press conference will be broadcast on national television... and attended by Prime Minister Chung Hong-won and some members of the Cabinet. Title: South Korea, experts warn against raised hopes for inter-Korean talks We are entering the new year and with it we are seeing efforts by the leaderships of both Koreas to improve their strained relations. The softer and friendlier tone between the two sides has raised hopes for dialogue, but South Korean ministers and North Korea experts have warned against feeling too optimistic just yet. Our Han Da-eun has more. North Korea's agency in charge of inter-Korean relations has pledged to open up a new phase towards the reunification of the two Koreas in 2014. In an interview posted on the North's propaganda website Uriminzokkiri on Thursday,... officials from the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland called for pragmatic efforts to improve inter-Korean ties. This comes a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a conciliatory message