A photo from the April 27, 2018, inter-Korean summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is displayed at the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The leaders of North and South Korea restored suspended communication channels between them and agreed to improve ties, both governments said Tuesday, amid a 2 ½ year-stalemate in U.S.-led diplomacy aimed at stripping North Korea of its nuclear weapons. AP PHOTO
SEOUL: North and South Korea exchanged messages in communication channels that have been dormant for more than a year and agreed to improve ties - positive steps but ones that still leave any resumption of stalled negotiations to rid the North of its nuclear weapons a long way off.
