The meeting on the South Korean side of the truce village, which lasted about 90 minutes, "ended, but there was there was little progress made," the official, who wasn't identified, was quoted as telling the South Korean news agency.

The report also quoted Pak Rim Su, North Korea's chief delegate to the talks, that the meeting was called to discuss South Korea allegedly distributing "propaganda leaflets" in North Korea.

Pak also said there were little progress at the talks, accusing South Korea of not being ready to solve the problems, Yonhap reported.

It was the first such meeting between the two sides since Lee Myung-bak became the South Korean president in February.

Relations between the two countries have been strained since July when North Korean guards fatally shot a South Korean housewife at a resort in North Korea.