Complex sentence: In the 1980s the Roh Tae-woo government gradually initiated diplomatic links with the Soviet bloc, in a policy known as "Nordpolitik", leading to the opening of representative offices and later embassies in socialist regimes in Europe and Asia.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 1980s the Roh Tae-woo administration gradually initiated diplomatic links with Warsaw Pact countries, in a policy known as "Nordpolitik". This led to the opening of representative offices and later embassies in socialist regimes in Europe and Asia.