North Korea unresponsive to South Korea's call to reopen military hotline

일출과 함께 출어 나서는 꽃게잡이 배 (연평도=연합뉴스) 백승렬 기자 = 김정은 북한 국무위원장이 서해 소연평도 해상에서 실종된 공무원이 북한에서 총격 살해된 사건과 관련해 우리 측에 공식으로 사과한 다음 날인 26일 오전 연평도 앞바다에서 꽃게잡이 배가 일출과 함께 항구를 떠나고 있다. 2020.9.26 [e-mail]/2020-09-26 10:05:04/<저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2020 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>

SEOUL, Sept 28 (The Korea Herald/ANN) - An inter-Korean military communication line remained inoperative as of Monday morning, the defense ministry said, a day after South Korea called for reopening the line for communication related to a proposed joint probe into North Korea's killing of a South Korean fisheries official.

On Sunday, South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae urged the North to restore the military hotline for communication about Seoul's proposal to conduct a joint investigation into the North's killing of the fisheries official drifting in its waters.