“On April 20, at 3:41 p.m. in Seoul, a staff member of South Korean President Moon Jae In placed a telephone call from the Blue House to Pyongyang. An official at the State Affairs Commission headed up by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un answered the phone and then returned the courtesy. This was all part of successful testing for the new communication hotline, installed ahead of the significant bilateral talks between South Korea and North Korea set to begin Friday.”
