No Response from North Korea Again Today... Ministry of Unification: "No Answer to Communication Line Closing Call"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Four days have passed since Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the Workers' Party of North Korea, issued a statement expressing a progressive intention, but North Korea continues to remain unresponsive to South Korea's attempts to communicate via the inter-Korean communication line.

On the 29th, the Ministry of Unification announced at both 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. that no calls were made through the Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office.

South Korea attempts opening and closing calls daily at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.

The two Koreas agreed to restore the communication line at the end of July, but North Korea has refused to respond so far, citing the joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises in early August as the reason. On the 24th and 25th, Kim Yo-jong also issued statements expressing progressive intentions, but communication through the communication line has not been established.

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