Cross border Korean phone line back in operation
The Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) has notified the Republic of Korea (RoK) that it is
putting a key inter-Korean communications channel back into operation,
according to the RoK’s Unification Ministry on August 25.
The Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) has notified the Republic of Korea (RoK) that it is
putting a key inter-Korean communications channel back into operation,
according to the RoK’s Unification Ministry on August 25.
At a briefing in Seoul , Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung described the move as a normalisation of communications between the two Red Cross offices.
In November 2008, the DPRK cut off the Red Cross phone and fax lines, a key communication channel between the two governments, in protest at the RoK’s hardline inter-Korean policies.
The move came as the DPRK announced it would reopen the line last week when a delegation from the DPRK paid a visit to Seoul after the death of President Kim Dae-jung.
Chun Hae-sung said that on the morning of August 25, a DPRK liaison officer answered a call from the RoK.
The move comes after both the RoK and the DPRK decided to hold talks from August 26-28, on the viability of reintroducing family reunions. This follows an earlier agreement reached between the DPRK’s leader Kim Jong Il and Hyundai Chief Hyun Jeong-eun during her recent visit to Pyongyang./.
At a briefing in Seoul , Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung described the move as a normalisation of communications between the two Red Cross offices.
In November 2008, the DPRK cut off the Red Cross phone and fax lines, a key communication channel between the two governments, in protest at the RoK’s hardline inter-Korean policies.
The move came as the DPRK announced it would reopen the line last week when a delegation from the DPRK paid a visit to Seoul after the death of President Kim Dae-jung.
Chun Hae-sung said that on the morning of August 25, a DPRK liaison officer answered a call from the RoK.
The move comes after both the RoK and the DPRK decided to hold talks from August 26-28, on the viability of reintroducing family reunions. This follows an earlier agreement reached between the DPRK’s leader Kim Jong Il and Hyundai Chief Hyun Jeong-eun during her recent visit to Pyongyang./.
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