Daily Memo: Pyongyang and Seoul Talking Again, Algeria Recalls Ambassador to France

North Korea cut off communication following U.S.-South Korean drills earlier this year.

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Call me maybe? North Korea has reopened a crisis hotline with Seoul, again. The hotline, which Pyongyang last restored in July in what was then a sign of warming relations, has been silent for 55 days since U.S.-South Korean military drills went ahead against vehement protests from the North. Meanwhile, Beijing backed Pyongyang’s calls late […]

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