North and South Korea are holding a second day of talks in what is being seen as a positive sign in efforts to ease tensions that have brought the peninsula to the brink of armed conflict.<br /><br /> Top aides to the countries’ leaders began meeting on Saturday <br />at the Panmunjom truce village inside the Demilitarised Zone or DMZ.<br /><br /> The rivals were under pressure after the North set an ultimatum for the South to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts or face military action. That deadline passed without any reported incident.<br /><br /> But both countries remain on high alert.<br /><br /> Current tensions flared early this month when two South Korean soldiers were wounded by landmines along the border. The North denies laying the mines. <br /><br /> But days later, Seoul began its propaganda broadcasts in three-hour bursts from 11 banks of loudspeakers, including news reports and pop music from the South, resuming a tactic both sides halted in 2004.<br /><br /> An exchange of artillery fire followed.<br /><br /> North and South Korean armie
