North and South Korea restore communication and military hotline after 2 months of silence

South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said officials from North Korea and South Korea spoke on the phone on the morning of October 4, 2021, their first such  communication since August. The call was made possible by the restoration of a hotline between the two Koreas, which political analysts described as a step in the right direction and a signal that frosty relations between Pyongyang and Seoul could be about to warm up.