Koreas hold daily liaison, military calls after hotline restored
North Korea restored dormant communication hotlines with South Korea in a small, fragile reconciliation step Monday in an apparent hard push to win outside concessions.
North Korea restored dormant communication hotlines with South Korea in a small, fragile reconciliation step Monday in an apparent hard push to win outside concessions.
A spokesman for the general staff of the North Korean People’s Army said troops would be sent to “resume all kinds of regular military exercises” at the two sites. Both projects have been closed for several years, but were once symbols of inter-Korean unity that many hoped would be strengthened as cross-border ties improved.
Japan's immediate neighbours ~ China and the Koreas ~ could be rejoicing that Abe's aim to revise the Constitution remains in limbo and would be happy that this remains unrealized. The shadow of history still continues to haunt and any possibility of Japan becoming a normal state could cause a nightmare to those nations that suffered the brutality of Japan's military during the Second World War. There are fears that instead of addressing the issue of Japan's security, it would destabilize the region.
The talks started at around 10 am at a hotel on Mount Kumgang on the North's scenic east coast, reports Yonhap News Agency.
While the North on Saturday said it will invite foreign journalists to witness the closure of its nuclear test site between 23 and 25 May, the announcement didn't include plans to permit outside verification experts at the site.
