Talking points

North and South Korea are due to hold talks this morning in the border village of Panmunjom over the future of a jointly run factory park that was a rare source of cash for Pyongyang. North Korea accepted the South's proposal for a conversation on Thursday, three weeks after their last attempt at talks collapsed in bickering over protocol. Seoul has come under pressure from the owners of businesses at the shuttered Kaeson industrial zone.

The Asia Art Archive opens its doors to the public with a weekend of free activities introducing the region's most comprehensive research database on contemporary art to a wider audience. Titled "Spark!", the programme aims to highlight the archive's function as a catalyst for new inspiration and networking opportunities. The archive in Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, is open from 10am to 7.30pm and 9pm to 10.30pm today and from 10am to 7pm tomorrow.

Tens of thousands of party-goers from all over the world gather in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona for the start of the nine-day San Fermin bull-running festival today. The festival was made internationally famous by American author Ernest Hemingway, who wrote about it in his 1926 novel The Sun also Rises, but has provoked the ire of animal rights activists. The first of eight runnings of the bulls takes place tomorrow.