October Arrived but No Response from North Korea... No Communication Line Call on 1st
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of North Korea, announced a policy to restore the communication hotline in early October, but the North has still not responded to our side's contact attempts.
The Ministry of Unification stated on the 1st at 9 a.m. that the initial call at the Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office did not take place.
Our side is attempting to make calls to the North twice daily, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Although the two Koreas agreed to restore the inter-Korean communication hotline at the end of July, the North has not responded to our contact attempts, citing the joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises in early August as the reason.
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When General Secretary Kim announced the policy to restore the communication hotline in early October during his policy speech at the Supreme People's Assembly on the 29th of last month, expectations for reconnecting the hotline increased.
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