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Three days ago, North Korea, which was suddenly withdrawn from the inter-Korean joint liaison office in Gaeseong, said it was the top directive. About half of the workforce has returned, but the inter-Korean talks channel, once worried, is back on line.

First, it is Kim Aoyong.

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Despite the North's unilateral withdrawal decision on the 22nd, our personnel have arrived at the North-South joint liaison office in Gaeseong today.

[Kim Chang-soo, head of the North-South Joint Liaison Office: I do not think that we will have any kind of daily contact with the North because there is no North Liaison Office.]

By the way, it was not what I expected. The North returned to the liaison office at 8:10 am today, with four to five working-class officials, half of whom were working.

I decided to change my position on the third day after I decided to withdraw.

The returnees said, "I have come down as usual," but I did not explain the reason for the withdrawal or return.

The two Koreas had contact with two liaison officers at 9:30 am and 3:00 am as usual.

The North said, "There is no change in the meaning that the Joint Liaison Office should do business well in line with the Joint Declaration of the South-North Joint Declaration."

The Ministry of Unification thinks that once the inter-Korean channels are restored.

[Baek Tae-hyun / Ministry of Unification spokesperson: We will continue to operate an inter-Korean joint liaison office as usual.]

However, it has not been confirmed yet whether the North's chief or deputy mayor will return, and it is too early to fully normalize.

(Video coverage: Wonbae Kim, Image editing: Choi Jin-hwa)