North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un says he is willing to restore severed inter-Korean hotlines by early October.
Kim made the remark on Wednesday, the second day of the Supreme People’s Assembly, North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament that gathers to discuss the country’s political, economic and social agenda.
He said the decision to reactivate the lines is to help realize the expectations and desire of the entire Korean nation for recovery and durable peace in cross-border relations.
Recall that North Korea severed the hotlines in early August in protest against joint South Korea-US military drills, just days after reopening them for the first time in a year.