{"id":13790,"date":"2018-01-03T20:09:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T20:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/03\/north-korea-reopens-cross-border-communications-with-south-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:36:08","slug":"north-korea-reopens-cross-border-communications-with-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/03\/north-korea-reopens-cross-border-communications-with-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea reopens cross-border communications with South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reopened a key cross-border communication channel with South Korea for the first time in nearly two years Wednesday as the rivals explored the possibility of sitting down and talking after months of acrimony and fears of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sudden signs of easing hostilities, however, came as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/01\/03\/trump-boasts-of-bigger-nuclear-button-than-north-koreas\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump threatened Kim with nuclear war in response to his threat earlier this week.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his New Year\u2019s address Monday, Kim said he was willing to send a delegation to next month\u2019s Winter Olympics in South Korea. But he also said he has a \u201cnuclear button\u201d on his desk and that all U.S. territory is within striking distance of his nuclear weapons, comments Trump latched onto Tuesday when he boasted of a bigger and more powerful \u201cnuclear button\u201d than Kim\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two leaders exchanged crude insults last year, as the North received new U.N. sanctions over its sixth and most powerful nuclear test explosion and a series of intercontinental ballistic missile launches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent softening of contact between the rival Koreas may show a shared interest in improved ties, but there\u2019s no guarantee tensions will ease. There have been repeated attempts in recent years by the rivals to talk, but even when they do meet, the efforts often end in recriminations and stalemate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside critics say Kim may be trying to use better ties with South Korea as a way to weaken the alliance between Washington and Seoul as the North grapples with toughened international sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim\u2019s latest announcement, which was read by a senior Pyongyang official on state TV, followed a South Korean offer on Tuesday of high-level talks with North Korea to find ways to cooperate on next month\u2019s Winter Olympics in the South and discuss other inter-Korean issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the state-run Committee for the Peaceful Reunification, cited Kim as welcoming South Korea\u2019s overture and ordering officials to reopen a communication channel at the border village of Panmunjom. Ri also quoted Kim as ordering officials to promptly take substantial measures with South Korea out of a \u201csincere stand and honest attitude,\u201d according to the North\u2019s state TV and news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea quickly welcomed Kim\u2019s decision and later confirmed that the two Koreas began preliminary contacts on the channel. During their 20-minute communication, liaison officials of the two Koreas exchanged their names and examined their communication lines to make sure they were working, according to Seoul\u2019s Unification Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since taking office last May, South Korea\u2019s liberal President Moon Jae-in has pushed hard to improve ties and resume stalled cooperation projects with North Korea. Pyongyang had not responded to his outreach until Kim\u2019s New Year\u2019s address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/sensors\/2018\/01\/02\/russias-radar-shortcomings-are-a-us-problem-now\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Russia\u2019s radar shortcomings are a US problem now<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relations between the Koreas soured under Moon\u2019s conservative predecessors, who responded to the North\u2019s expanding nuclear program with hard-line measures. All major rapprochement projects were put on hold one by one, and the Panmunjom communication channel had been suspended since February 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moon has joined U.S.-led international efforts to apply more pressure and sanctions on North Korea, but he still favors dialogue as a way to resolve the nuclear standoff. 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