AFP FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN The North unilaterally cut off all official military and political communication links in June last year after threats over activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. The suspension came with inter-Korean ties at a standstill, despite three summits between the North’s Kim Jong Un and the South’s President Moon Jae-in in 2018. But the two sides said all communication lines were restored on Tuesday. “According to the agreement made between the top leaders, the north and the south took a measure to re-operate all inter-Korean communication liaison lines from 10:00 on July 27,” North Korea’s official KCNA news agency reported.
South and North Korea have restored cross-border communications, just over a year since the hotline was cut off, in a surprise move that the two countries said was part of an effort to rebuild trust.
The decision was announced in statements by South Korea’s presidential Blue House and KCNA, the North’s state media agency.
KCNA said all inter-Korean communication channels were reopened at 10am on Tuesday (01:00 GMT) in line with an agreement between the countries’ two leaders.
The Blue House said the restoration of communication lines would have a “positive impact on the improvement and development of South-North relations”.
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