06 September 2013

News Story: North Korea agrees to reopen military hotline to South


SEOUL — North Korea agreed Thursday to reopen a military hotline to South Korea this week in another step towards improving frosty ties between the two countries, officials said.

The accord came at talks between South and North Korean members of a committee tasked with reopening the shuttered Kaesong joint industrial zone, the South's unification ministry said.

The committee was formed under a crucial agreement last month to resume operations at the zone.

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