An important diplomatic hot line connecting North and South Korea went back into service on Wednesday after having been severed for more than seven months, New York Times reports.
An official with the Unification Ministry in Seoul said the two sides spoke briefly using the line, which is located at the so-called truce village of Panmunjom. The line connects a government office on the North Korean side of the border with a corresponding office on the South Korean side.
Last May, when inter-Korean relations became badly strained following the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, the North shut down three hot lines connecting the countries.
But the Panmunjom line, the most important one, was never physically cut, the ministry official said on Wednesday. And the hardware remained in place.
