Border hotline with Sth Korea reopened

A South Korean government official checks the direct communications hotline. Photo: Reuters
A South Korean government official checks the direct communications hotline. Photo: Reuters
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given an order to open a long-closed border hotline with South Korea for talks, an unidentified North Korean official announced in a televised statement.

The talks pn Wednesday would aim to establish formal dialogue about sending a North Korean delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea next month, the official said.

The statement came a day after South Korea proposed high-level discussions with North Korea following Kim's earlier New Year's address, in which he said he was open to speaking with Seoul. 

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