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Train Will Reunite Koreas—Briefly

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted May 11, 2007 3:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – North and South Korea agreed today to allow the first train crossing of their heavily guarded border in over half a century. Two tracks have been reconnected for the test run on Thursday, the first time rail service has linked the countries since the middle of the Korean War.

Resumption of full service is unlikely to happen anytime soon. In the long term, South Korea envisions a link to the Trans-Siberian Railway, connecting the peninsula to Europe and dramatically reducing the time and money involved in shipping freight by sea.

South Korean chief delegate Army Maj. Gen. Jeong Seung-jo, right, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Kim Young Chol after a military meeting at the North side of the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, Friday, May 11, 2007. North and South Korea adopted a military agreement Friday enabling...
South Korean chief delegate Army Maj. Gen. Jeong Seung-jo, right, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Kim Young Chol after a military meeting at the North side of the border village of Panmunjom,...   (Associated Press)
A train runs on the rail, which two Koreas hope to reconnect as part of an agreement reached at a historic summit of Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong Il in 2000, at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, north of Seoul, near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since...
A train runs on the rail, which two Koreas hope to reconnect as part of an agreement reached at a historic summit of Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong Il in 2000, at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, north of Seoul,...   (Associated Press)
South Korean tourists watch a train running on the rail, which two Koreas hope to reconnect as part of an agreement reached at a historic summit of Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong Il in 2000, at the Imjingak Pavilion, north of Seoul, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom, Thursday,...
South Korean tourists watch a train running on the rail, which two Koreas hope to reconnect as part of an agreement reached at a historic summit of Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong Il in 2000, at the Imjingak...   (Associated Press)
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