{"id":18523,"date":"2018-09-14T17:26:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/14\/for-the-first-time-rival-koreas-open-liaison-office-near-the-border\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:47:08","slug":"for-the-first-time-rival-koreas-open-liaison-office-near-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/14\/for-the-first-time-rival-koreas-open-liaison-office-near-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"For the first time, rival Koreas open liaison office near the border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 The rival Koreas on Friday opened their first liaison office near their tense border to facilitate better communication and exchanges ahead of their leaders’ summit in Pyongyang next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The office\u2019s opening in the North Korean border town of Kaesong is the latest in a series of reconciliatory steps <\/a>the Koreas have taken this year. The office is the first of its kind since the Koreas were divided at the end of World War II in 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Koreas so far have been using telephone and fax-like communication channels when they want to arrange talks and exchange messages. But those channels have often been suspended when tensions rose over North Korea\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t