2 Koreas restore hotline despite North’s missile tests

A South Korean government official communicates with a North Korean officer during a phone call on the dedicated communications hotline at the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. | Yonhap via AP

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

10/03/2021 10:46 PM EDT

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SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea restored a stalled communication hotline after weeks of a hiatus in a small, fragile reconciliation step Monday, as the North pushes hard to win outside concessions with a mix of conciliatory gestures and missile tests.

Liaison officials from the two Koreas exchanged messages over a cross-border communication channel on

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