Relations between South and North Korea have not made any headway for a long time.
Now there are clear signs of a rapprochement again.
Seoul - South and North Korea have reestablished their direct connection channels after months of disruption.
The two countries announced on Tuesday, the 68th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement to end the Korean War.
South Korean President Moon Jae In has been exchanging personal letters with North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un since April, according to his office.
They also agreed to restore the communication links.
The move will help improve bilateral relations.
Blocked communication since June 2020
North Korea unilaterally cut all communication channels between the governments and the military in both countries in June of last year.
The communist government in Pyongyang reacted to propaganda actions by conservative South Korean activists and North Korean refugees on the border, which were directed against the leadership in North Korea.
Seoul was accused of not taking any action against the actions.
The hotline between the presidential office in Seoul and the office of the North Korean ruler was also affected by the North Korean measure.
North Korea later also blew up an inter-Korean liaison office in the border town of Kaesong.
North Korean state media speak of reconciliation
All Koreans wanted bilateral relations to recover from the setbacks "as soon as possible," said the North Korean state media on Tuesday.
The top leaders have agreed to restore mutual trust and promote reconciliation by "re-establishing the separate lines of communication within Korea."
North Korea is internationally isolated because of its nuclear weapons program. As a result of the failed summit meeting between Kim Jong Un and former US President Donald Trump in Vietnam in February 2019, inter-Korean relations also stopped moving. Trump and Kim could not agree on a roadmap for the disarmament of the North Korean nuclear program, as well as on consideration from the US. dpa
