SEOUL, South Korea — 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. But those channels have often been suspended when tensions rose over North Korea’s nuclear program. The office will be co-headed by Vice South Korean Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung and a deputy head of Ri’s committee. The park, which combined South Korean initiatives, capital and technology with North Korea’s cheap labor, was seen as a test case for unification of the Koreas. But its operation was suspended in 2016 amid an escalating standoff over North Korea’s long-range rocket launches.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 14, 2018 17:03 UTC