North Korea has offered a proposal to help curb the tensions between the two Korean countries, an Indonesian official disclosed on Wednesday.

Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said a "concrete proposal" was laid down by an official from its ally Pyongyang following their meeting.

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"During the discussion, I received one, very specific, concrete proposal from the [North Korean] side for us to communicate to the other side," Natalegawa told AFP. No other details were discussed.

However, it is still unclear what the reclusive North proposed, though Natalegawa hinted what could possibly be North Korea's willingness to return to negotiate its nuclear production.

North Korea's nuclear program has been criticized by both Seoul and the West, especially by the United States, over the threats it poses to the region. Pyongyang even threatened the U.S. against a possible nuclear strike in White House last July.

Initially, negotiations were held among the two Koreas, U.S., China, Japan and Russia, to end Pyongyang's nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions that have affected the North's economic growth. In April 2009, Pyongyang announced it was abandoning the nuclear talks.

Meanwhile, the announcement of the proposal was followed by another rocket firing by North Korea on Thursday in the Korean peninsula, an hour before Pope Francis arrived in Seoul. The Pope's visit, the first papal trip to the Korean peninsula in 25 years, will last for five days.

North Korea had launched increasing numbers of short-range missiles in the region this year in an attempt to show its power grip in the region. The rocket-firing intensified after the U.S. and Seoul conducted joint military drills this year, and after its ally Chinese President Xi Jinjing visited the South last month.

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