Big step toward restoring trust North South Korea reopen communication hotline after year of silence
The two Koreas said they have agreed to reopen a cross-border communications channel shuttered more than a year ago, with Pyongyang hailing the move as a âbig stepâ toward rebuilding bilateral ties.
The decision was first announced by South Koreaâs presidential Blue House early on Tuesday morning and quickly confirmed through the Northâs state-run media outlet, KCNA.
âThe South and the North agreed to restore the communication line between the South and the North that had been cut off,â the presidentâs office said in a statement, noting the channel was restored at 10am local time while predicting it would have a âpositive effectâ for the two countries.
Seoul said that the revival of the communication channel was long in the works, noting that South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have been discussing the possibility in a series of personal letters since spring.
The two leaders have exchanged personal letters several times since last April to communicate about the restoration of inter-Korean relations.
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âThe leaders of the north and the south agreed to take a big step toward restoring mutual trust and promoting reconciliation by restoring the disconnected inter-Korean communication channels through personal letters exchanged several times recently,â the official news agency said.
The north cut the comms channel in June 2020 over complaints that the south was not doing enough to stop activists from sending anti-government leaflets over the border, also destroying an inter-Korean liaison office set up near the demilitarized zone in retaliation.
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