North and South Korea have fully restored a military communication line that connects the two Koreas on the Yellow Sea side, in another move aimed at easing military tension and building trust across the heavily armed border.
The move was made as a follow-up measure to the agreement reached between the leaders of the two Koreas at their landmark summit in late April, when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in said they agreed to end hostility and pursue denuclearisation of the peninsula.
The communication channel on the western sea side was suspended in February 2016 as North Korea disconnected the link over Seoul’s abrupt decision to close a joint industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong. Communications were partially restored in January to discuss the North’s participation in the Winter Olympics held in the South in February.