South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has agreed to holding "working-level" talks between North and South Korean military colonels on February 8 in the Demilitarized Zone village of Panmunjom. They will be the first talks held between the two countries since September 30, 2010. David Straub, associate director of the Stanford Korean Studies Program, remains wary of fixing too much hope on a successful outcome from the talks, saying: "It is likely that the upcoming North-South Korean military talks won't get very far."