[Photo] South and North to upgrade old communication lines with fiber optics

South and North Korea have agreed to upgrade old inter-Korean communication lines with fiber optic cables. Once the copper-wire cables are replaced with fiber optics, the conventional media of fax and telephones calls will be augmented by video chats. On Nov. 23, the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) announced that an inter-Korean agreement was made during working-level talks at the joint liaison office in Kaesong to cooperate on replacing old communication lines with fiber optic cables. Chung Chang-rim, a senior MSIT official, led the talks’ South Korean delegation; while his North Korean counterpart was Ri Yong-min, a senior official in North's communications affairs. The photo shows the inter-Korean joint liaison office in the Kaesong Industrial Complex.