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| A file photo of a South Korean soldier talking to a North Korean counterpart near the demilitarized zone. (File photo by=You Sung-ho/Reuters) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] One day following Pyongyang’s restoration of inter-Korean communication lines after a 13-month suspension. South and North Korea held their daily liaison phone call on Wednesday, the unification ministry revealed.
Four hotlines were restored Tuesday after the North cut them off in June last year in protest of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets coming in from the South. At the time, the North also blew up a joint liaison office in anger as well. Last Wednesday, the two sides held phone calls via liaison and military hotlines. "Calls between South and North Korea proceeded as usual at 9 a.m.," the unification ministry said. The two sides are supposed to hold regular phone calls twice a day, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Meanwhile, North Korean media outlets for the domestic audience have stayed silent on the restored hotlines, though the official Korean Central News Agency, which is geared toward a global audience, carried a report on the news.
