Revived DPRK-ROK link 'positive'

Beijing on Wednesday encouraged all parties to take advantage of the situation in the Korean Peninsula showing signs of easing after Pyongyang reopened a line of communication with Seoul.

The channel was reopened in the truce village of Panmunjom on Wednesday afternoon after Seoul on Tuesday proposed high-level talks between both sides on Jan 9 to discuss issues including the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in a daily news conference in Beijing that China thinks all parties "should seize the positive development of the situation in the peninsula and work in the same direction".