China, ROK plan to put ties back on track

Beijing and Seoul have agreed to put exchanges and cooperation back on the track of normal development at an early date following their recent diplomatic communications, according to a Foreign Ministry news release on Tuesday.

The two countries agreed that they will communicate on issues regarding the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system through military channels, the release said.

Experts called the fresh progress part of their joint efforts to move closer to each other, repair two-way ties and avoid a nuclear arms race that would further complicate Northeast Asia's complicated security landscape.