Nearly a year after North Korea cut its communication lines with South Korea, officials in Seoul vowed to reestablish them as well as set up a new, embassy-like mission between the two countries.

On Wednesday, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification released this year’s plan to engage with North Korea and end the two countries’ current diplomatic dry spell. 

“We will push forward, step by step, for establishing an organization for communication … with the ultimate goal of establishing Seoul-Pyongyang missions,” the ministry said in a document submitted to the National Assembly on April 28.

The ministry also said it will