DPRK reopens hotline with ROK in middle of Korean Peninsula
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) re-opened the hotline in its truce village of Panmunjom on Jan 3 amid rising expectations for the DPRK's participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in the ROK.
In his New Year's speech, DPRK's top leader Kim Jong-un said the DPRK will take necessary measures to prepare for participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics in February.
The inter-Korean hotline was suspended after Seoul closed an industrial park in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong following Pyongyang's nuclear test in January 2016.