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Norks restore military hot line with South
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea restored its military communications hot line with South Korea and said it would reopen a border crossing, officials said Saturday. The North Korean military cut the communications line on March 9 to protest Seoul's decision to hold 12 days of joint military exercises with U.S. troops across South Korea at a time of heightened tension on the peninsula."Officials of the two Koreas conducted a trial phone conversation," after reconnecting the hot line Saturday morning, Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo said. The hot line is the only means of quick communication left between the two Koreas and is vital for coordinating the passage of people and goods across their border. Posted by: Steve White 2009-03-21 |
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