the two sides agreed over the weekend to reactivate hotlines as a first step.

and Kim had asked to reconnect the hotlines.The North has also demanded the easing of sanctions on its imports of luxury goods to be able to bring in fine liquors and suits.

Blinken to urge ASEAN members to fully implement UN sanctions on North Korea: State Dept.They also said North Korea was in need of some 1 million tons of rice.federal court on July 30 ordered the seizure of an oil tanker suspected of making deliveries to North Korea in violation of U.

the lawmakers said after being briefed by South Koreas main intelligence agency.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have shared a willingness to rebuild trust and improve ties since April.

as its economy was battered by the coronavirus pandemic and bad weather last year.

South Korean lawmakers said on Tuesday.The paper also called on its people to help achieve a self-reliant economy that advances regardless of any sanctions by hostile forces or other external factors.

Adding to North Koreas woes from the pandemic and international sanctions were recent heavy downpours that battered the countrys eastern South Hamgyong Province.global sanctions and recent flooding

there will be a poetry reading.This show calls for artists to calm our nerves and transport us to a place of serenity.