The two Koreas opened a road on the border between the two countries for the first time in 14 years at the latest reconciliation index between the two neighboring countries, the South Korean Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The dirt road does not come out of the demilitarized zone that divides the peninsula. Next year, joint operations will be used to find the remains of the victims of the Korean War (1950-1953).
The two countries have cut off part of the road in the Cheorwon area, which is almost halfway between the two Koreas in the demilitarized zone.
One of the commitments made by South Korean President Mon Jai-In and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at their third summit in Pyongyang in September.
The two Koreas also decided to remove the shelters in the border village of Panmunjom and make it a demilitarized zone.
Moon has long advocated dialogue with the North, which has the atomic bomb. Its approach is different from that of Washington, which requires comprehensive nuclear weapons before any sanctions are lifted from Pyongyang.
Despite its name, the demilitarized zone is one of the most militarized borders in the world, full of minefields and barbed wire.
In pictures distributed by the South Korean Defense Ministry, a South Korean soldier and a North Korean soldier taking part in "new" actions are on the brink of reconciliation, in the sight of their comrades.
"It is historically important for the North and the South to open a new crossing and jointly conduct operations to find the remains of war dead on the scene of the worst fighting," the South Korean Defense Ministry said.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this week that his country wanted to "make sure that peace on the peninsula and North Korea's nuclear disarmament were not affected by the intensification of bilateral relations between the two Koreas."