남북, 경의선 철도 구조물•운영 시스템 위주로 점검... "10년전과 비슷한 수준"<br /><br />All right... so how did the inspections go?<br />How did South and North Korean researchers check the rails there?<br />The inspectors would get off at train stations and mainly check the roadbeds, tunnels, bridges and the rail operation system.<br />South Korean inspectors would use the devices they brought from the South... and explain the condition of the tracks to their North Korean counterparts.<br />Let's take a look at the pictures that've been released, Daniel.<br />Here, the train carrying the inspection team has stopped at a river area in the North and the researchers from the two Koreas are checking the bridge.<br />We can spot some of them taking photos.<br /> And in this picture, they're standing on the track in a group, looking down at something -- probably talking about the condition of the rails.<br />This is another picture of the inspection team -- just about to make their way into a tunnel.<br />And now they've passed through the tunnel, and the inspectors are walking along the track, with papers and equipment in hand.<br />We saw this bridge quite a lot of times on TV.<br />It's the bridge that's at the border between North Korea and China, connecting Sinuiju and Dandong.<br /> Seoul says it's North Korea's territory up until the mid-point of this bridge, so they also took a look there as well.<br />So all in all, compared to when they checked these western tracks for the first time in 2007, the researchers say they have not deteriorated much.<br />But of course, there will have to be additional, detailed surveys to see whether these rails can be renovated or new tracks will have to be laid. <br />
