Saturday, December 1, 2018

South Korean Train Crosses The DMZ For The First Time In A Decade





BBC: South Korean train crosses DMZ into North Korea

For the first time in more than a decade, a train has travelled from South Korea across the heavily guarded border into North Korea.

On board is a team of South Korean experts investigating ways to help North Korea modernise its rail network.

The two Koreas have made significant progress in improving their relationship over the past year.

The hope is that it will eventually become easier to travel and trade across the border.

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WNU Editor: This is a major development that deserves more attention than what it has received.

More News On A South Korean Train Crossing The DMZ For The First Time In A Decade

For First Time in a Decade, a South Korean Train Rolls Into the North -- The New York Times
Railway diplomacy: South Korean trains venture north for first time in a decade -- The Guardian
South Korean train crosses demilitarized zone into North Korea for first time in a decade -- FOX News
A South Korean train heads North, but sanctions mean it has to carry its own fuel -- CNN
Two Koreas launch joint study on inter-Korean railways -- Korea Herald

Hat tip Fred for this link.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hear that train a comin’
It’s comin’ round the bend.
And I ain’t seen the sunshine
In I don’t know when.

Anonymous said...

but in that song, the train lights went past the prison and indicated a freedom that prisoners did not have. This train, by contrast, is going to the prison (N.K.) and perhaps a light that will bring change someday

Roger Smith said...



Little by little and with very little fanfare the two halves are continuing the positive momentum that appears to have been initiated by the evil Trump's sanctions and bellicose verbalism. Boooo on Trump. Once again he's upsetting an applecart. Boooo. And things are getting done. Boooo. Especially when everyone knows obama started the breakthrough. Hoooray for the prior occupant of the White House.
Criminal indeed that he wasn't given the rest of his lifetime at the reigns of America.