The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will reopen a communications channel with South Korea in the truce¹ village of Panmunjom, which has been severed² since early 2016, local media reports said Wednesday.

 

朝鲜将在板门店停战村重新开放与韩国的沟通渠道，该通道在2016年初曾被切断。

 

The DPRK's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland was quoted as saying the communications channel will be restored from 3:30 p.m. local time (0630 GMT) to make working-level discussions on issues on the dispatch of the DPRK's delegation³ to the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympics.

 

The committee said the DPRK will closely contact with the South Korean side from an earnest and sincere attitude as it was commissioned by top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un.

 

The inter-Korean communications channel has been cut off since the previous South Korean government unilaterally closed down the inter-Korean industrial zone in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test in January 2016.

 

Seoul proposed Tuesday to Pyongyang holding a senior-level, inter-governmental dialogue on Jan. 9 to discuss the DPRK's sending of its delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics set to be held in February in South Korea's eastern county of PyeongChang.

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