Communication lines between North and South Korea have been restored for the first time in months, Seoul said in a statement.
The reopening follows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's vow last week to restart communication in an address to the country's rubber-stamp legislature. "North Korea has no reasons to provoke or hurt the South," Kim said at the time.South Korea's Unification Ministry said in a statement that North Korea had responded on the joint line on Monday morning.
Read MoreCommunications between the two countries -- including key connections between the two countries' presidential office, militaries, and spy agencies -- have long been troubled.North Korea says it tested a hypersonic missile. If true, it could change the military equation in east AsiaIn June 2020, North Korea pulled out of ongoing dialogues, citing displeasure at propaganda leaflet activists were sending across the border.
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