South and North Korean women have called for efforts to bring reconciliation and peace to the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang's state media said Thursday.

About 60 South Korean women from 35 female activists' organizations visited the North's border city of Kaesong Wednesday for a set of cultural events with their North Korean counterparts.

Participants raised the need to cherish an inter-Korean agreement in August to defuse military tension and implement it thoroughly to open a "fresh turning phase" in improving inter-Korean relations, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

The two Koreas ended their rare high-level talks earlier this month without any agreements, leaving the outlook for inter-Korean ties murky.

The KCNA said they stressed the need to intensify solidarity and unity among women from South and North Korea to help put an end to confrontation on the peninsula.

They "called for defusing the danger of war and putting an end to confrontation" between the two Koreas and "firmly defending security and peace," it reported.

It said that participants voiced hope for more brisk contacts and activities among women's organizations in the two Koreas next year in a bid to help improve inter-Korean relations. (Yonhap)