North Korea and South Korea opened a direct phone line between their two respective leaders on Friday, in preparation for a summit between the president of the South, Moon Jae In, and North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un next week. It’s the first time in history the leaders of the two nations have been directly connected and it comes amid a flurry of diplomacy on the peninsula. Read more: South Korea says North committed to ‘complete denuclearization’ of peninsula North Korea: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s nuclear saga January 2, 2017: Missile test imminent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in his New Year’s address that his country was in the “final stages” of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). US President-elect Donald Trump, whose inauguration was set for January 20, said on Twitter: “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the US. It won’t happen!” North Korea: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s nuclear saga July 4, 2017: North Korea’s ‘gift packages’ North Korea tested its first ICBM — the Hwasong-14 — on US Independence Day. Kim reportedly told his scientists that “the US would be…