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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un requested the reconnection of the inter-Korean communication line, which had been cut off recently, the NIS said. Director Park Ji-won of the National Intelligence Service also made a remark to the effect of considering delaying the South Korea-US joint exercise, which North Korea opposes.



Correspondent Han Se-hyeon.



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National Intelligence Service reported to the National Assembly Intelligence Committee on the 27th of last month that the restoration of inter-Korean communication lines was requested by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.



Regarding the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue, he said that he had only proposed a working-level meeting to North Korea, not a video summit.



Director Park Ji-won of the National Intelligence Service is said to have mentioned a 'flexible response' in relation to the South Korea-US joint exercise.



[Kim Byung-ki / Democrats (information secretary above): (Civil) continues the dialogue momentum, there is also need to be reviewed to respond flexibly to the ROK-US Combined training make the big picture of North Korean denuclearization, he said (a Park Ji-won Director)



North Korea ' In the midst of demanding the suspension of training through the 'Discourse of Kim Yeo-jung', an interpretation followed that Director Park was in fact expressing a position of 'acting'.



Democrats have mixed reactions.



The party leadership is in a position to carry out this month as scheduled, but former CEO Lee Nak-yeon and others have put weight on the acting theory.



[Lee Nak-yeon/former Democratic Party Representative (Digital Original 'Issuvula'): (training) I would like to see a reasonable review including postponement. Isn't that what Chairman Kim Jong-un requested first? Is there such a thing as sympathy (between South



and North Korea

)? (I guess.)]

People's Power criticized President Park's comments, saying, "Are you trying to please North Korea?"



[Ha Tae-kyung/People's Power Rep. (Secretary of the Intelligence Committee): The National Intelligence Service, which is responsible for the security of the Republic of Korea, has actually been reduced to Kim Yeo-jeong's subordinate agency... .] It is said that the



South Korean and US military authorities are in the last minute discussing a plan to conduct joint exercises from the 16th, but a US government official told a reporter, "There is no possibility of delaying the exercises at this time."



(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho, video editing: Choi Jin-hwa)