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A South Korean government official checks the direct communications hotline to talk with the North Korean side on Wednesday at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. North Korean state-run media has reported that an inter-Korean communication line was reopened in response to South Korea's unification minister Cho Myoung-gyon proposing holding high-level talks with North Korea ahead of Winter Olympics on Feb. 9. (South Korean Unification Ministry handout image via Getty Images)