North Korea says restoration of cross

In this April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, poses with President Moon Jae-in inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. AP-Yonhap

North Korea said Tuesday that the restoration of inter-Korean communication lines will play a positive role in improving inter-Korean relations.

"Now, the whole Korean nation desires to see the North-South relations recovered from setback and stagnation as early as possible," the official Korean Central News Agency said, confirming that all inter-Korean communication liaison lines were restored as of 10 a.m.

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"The top leaders of the North and the South agreed to make a big stride in recovering the mutual trust and promoting reconciliation by restoring the cutoff inter-Korean communication liaison lines through the recent several exchanges of personal letters," the KCNA said.

The restoration "will have positive effects on the improvement and development of the North-South relations," it said. (Yonhap)