SEOUL, South Korea — The first military talks between North and South Korea in eight months ended in just an hour and a half today, an official said, casting doubts over the prospect of any progress from the meeting.

Defense Ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae said talks inside the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two sides concluded in 90 minutes, but declined to say whether the sides made any headway. The spokesman said there would be an official announcement later in the day.

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency cited an unidentified official as saying there was "little progress."

Today's meeting marked the resumption of government-level talks between the two Koreas since Seoul's conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office in February with a pledge to get tough on the communist neighbor. That angered Pyongyang and prompted it to suspend all reconciliation talks.

At the start of the meeting, the sides' chief delegates exchanged pleasantries but no further details were available.