Cross-border passage between the two Koreas will be fully normalized starting Tuesday.

The Unification Ministry said Monday that the North will remove all the restrictions on South Korean personnel and vehicles at the border that were put into place on December first of last year. Pyongyang had unilaterally imposed the border travel restrictions in protest of what they said were Seoul's anti-North Korean policies.

South Koreans will be allowed to cross the border into the North at 23 different times a day compared to the limit of six specific times a day previously imposed.

Also starting Tuesday, the North will remove a limit on the number of South Korean personnel that are allowed to stay in the North. Previously, the communist state had only allowed a maximum of 880 South Korean employees to remain in the North at any given time.

In addition, an inter-Korean economic cooperation office that was closed in December last year will normalize operations on Tuesday.

The moves come after Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun and North Korean officials reached various agreements on inter-Korean issues earlier this month. The North's lifting of restrictions is expected to help boost business operations of South Korean firms operating at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex.