DPRK, ROK ease relations, may revive Six-Party Talks

BEIJING - A key communications hotline between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Republic of Korea (ROK) has been reactivated at Pyongyang's request in another move toward restoration of bilateral ties and a potential resumption of the Six-Party Talks.

A revived aviation hotline, connecting the countries' principal international airports, was among the three hotlines between the two countries.

"The control centers in Pyongyang and Incheon completed a test call at 9 am," said ROK Unification Ministry Spokesman Chun Hae-sung, adding that it represented the first such contact since Pyongyang severed communications in May over the sinking of an ROK warship.