North Korea to Life Border Curbs

BBC News reported on what seems to be a peaceful movement in North and South Korea. North Korea will ease up on its border restrictions, which have severely affected workers and cargo traveling to a factory in North Korea. Also, North Korea has offered to resume a family reunion plan that was put on hold when tensions between the north and South rose about a year ago. In addition, North Korea has agreed to restart tourist visits from the South. The last peaceful motion that North Korea has agreed to is to restore an official communication channel between the two countries.

The author of this article makes a point of how politicians from the United States seem to see a definite decline in the tensions between North and South Korea. Also, according to Bill Richardson, a US politician, North Koreans have conveyed the message that they are ready to talk to the United States, after recently releasing to journalists that were being held prisoner in North Korea.

Although the author of this article seems to have high hopes for the future, he/she offers no insight as to what relations with North Korea will turn into in the near future. He/she simply seems to think that things will get better somehow. The author obviously believes very strongly that everything will clear up nicely because he/she does not mention any possible failures or setbacks in this peaceful movement. Will things really be peaceful for much longer or will North Korea stick with its old ways?