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Wide of Kim Ho-nyeon, spokesperson for the South Korean Unification Ministry during briefing 2. Cutaway of camera3. Mid of stage4. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Ho-nyeon, South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman:\"Related to the message...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of Kim Ho-nyeon, spokesperson for the South Korean Unification Ministry during briefing \u003cbr/\u003e2. Cutaway of camera\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of stage\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Ho-nyeon, South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Related to the message which we sent yesterday on March 9th, North Korean military officials (in charge of West Sea area) has sent a message (to South Korean military official in charge of West Sea area) that it accepts the passing of people and transportation through the Military Demarcation Line.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of briefing room\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close-up of reporter\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Ho-nyeon, South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is back to normal, but whether complete, free travel is possible or not is a different issue.  However, entering and exiting of people and transportation have not been completely suspended.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of newspaper on street bulletin board \u003cbr/\u003e9. Close-up of newspaper showing a STILL image of a North Korean military official making an announcement on March 9th on KRT, on opposite side newspaper shows a photo of a Key Resolve Military exercise\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close-up of newspaper graphic showing current disconnected communication lines between South and North Koreas\u003cbr/\u003e11. Set-up of Yang Moo-jin, South Korean Professor at University of North Korean Studies\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Yang Moo-jin, South Korean Professor at University of North Korean Studies:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think North Korea's structural security is very seriously threatened by this military exercise which even involves US nuclear aircraft carriers, especially since this large South Korea-US joint military exercise is taking place right after the Obama administration stepped in.\" \u003cbr/\u003e13. Close-up of South Korean flag\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close-up of electronic news screen on the street \u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of people crossing street on pedestrian crossing \u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Suk-joo, 46-year-old Seoul resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It was a defensive training exercise and it is an annually scheduled exercise (referring to the Key Resolve Military Exercise). In my personal opinion, it is the wrong attitude for North Korea to suspend Kaesong Industrial Complex related or other industrial and civil interchanges as punitive measures.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Sung-ho, 38-year-old Seoul resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Since it could increase tensions if our government or other allied nations put pressure (on North Korea) at this time, I believe it is necessary for us to take time and wait for a while.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close-up of moving electronic news ticker on the street \u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide pan of a Seoul street\u003cbr/\u003eSouth Korean officials confirmed on Tuesday that North Korea had agreed to allow South Koreans working in a joint industrial zone in North Korea to cross the border after Pyongyang's move to cut the last military hot line to Seoul left hundreds stranded overnight, officials said.\u003cbr/\u003eNorth Korea put its troops on alert and cut the hot line on Monday as the American and South Korean militaries began joint exercises. \u003cbr/\u003eThe communist regime warned that even the slightest provocation could trigger war during the 12-day drills.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking during a news conference on Tuesday, Kim Ho-nyeon, South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman confirmed that a message had been sent by North Korean officials to South Korean officials \"that it accepts the passing of people and transportation through the Military Demarcation Line.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is back to normal, but whether complete, free travel is possible or not is a different issue. However, entering and exiting of people and transportation have not been completely suspended,\" Kim said from Seoul.\u003cbr/\u003eHundreds of South Koreans were stranded overnight in the northern border town of Kaesong after Pyongyang severed the last communications link between the two governments. \u003cbr/\u003eCutting the hot line for the duration of the 12-day US-South Korean manoeuvres leaves the two Koreas without any means of quick, direct communication at a time of high tension. The two Koreas also use the hot line to coordinate the passage of people and goods through the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone.\u003cbr/\u003eDuring Monday's warning from Pyongyang, the North stressed that provocation would include any attempt to interfere with its impending launch of a satellite into orbit. \u003cbr/\u003eUS and Japanese officials fear the launch could be a cover for a test of a long-range attack missile and have suggested they might move to intercept the rocket. \u003cbr/\u003eNorth Korea's heated words are designed to grab US President Barack Obama's attention, said Yang Moo-jin, South Korean Professor at University of North Korean Studies.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think North Korea's structural security is very seriously threatened by this military exercise which even involves US nuclear aircraft carriers, especially since this large South Korea-US joint military exercise is taking place right after the Obama administration stepped in,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe North has been on a steady retreat from reconciliation since President Lee Myung-bak took office in the South a year ago. \u003cbr/\u003eAfter Lee said the North must continue dismantling its nuclear program if it wants aid, Pyongyang cut ties, suspended joint projects and stepped up its rhetoric.\u003cbr/\u003eThe North condemns the exercises as a rehearsal for invasion and last week threatened danger to South Korean passenger planes flying near its airspace if the manoeuvres went ahead.\u003cbr/\u003eThe exercises are annual drills the two nations have held for years, and are \"not tied in any way to any political or real world event,\" General Walter Sharp, the US commander, said in a statement on Monday. \u003cbr/\u003eThe US has some 28,500 military personnel in South Korea.\u003cbr/\u003eFor weeks, the North has said it is forging ahead with plans to send a communications satellite into space - a launch that US and Japanese officials say would violate a United Nations Security 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