DPRK, ROK open joint liaison office

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SEOUL - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea on Friday opened their first liaison office near their border to facilitate better communication and exchanges ahead of their leaders' summit in Pyongyang next week.

The office's opening at the DPRK border town of Kaesong is the latest in a series of reconciliatory steps the two neighbors have taken this year. The office is the first of its kind since they were divided at the end of World War II in 1945.