President Moon Jae-in / Yonhap

South Korea will continue to push for joint projects with North Korea, officials here said Saturday, despite the North's withdrawal from a joint liaison office that may undermine their communication.

Under the decision made at a meeting headed by Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung, the government will likely propose holding inter-Korean dialogue on various joint projects that include the connection of roads and railways between the two Koreas.

The meeting came one day after North Korea pulled out all its officials from the joint liaison office in its border town of Kaesong without offering any detailed reasons.

The ministry officials noted the military communication line was now the only dialogue channel between the divided Koreas.