A South Korean official checks out a cross-border hotline with North Korea at the liaison office in the Joint Security Area, a small strip of land at the truce village of Panmunjom, on Jan. 3, 2018. North Korea said the same day that it will reopen the suspended inter-Korean communication line at the shared border village of Panmunjom at 3:00 p.m. (Pyongyang time). (Yonhap) (END)