NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA — North and South Korea will conduct a joint survey of North Korean railway lines to eventually link the railway systems of the two countries.<br /><br />According to the Hankyoreh, the survey began on November 30 and will take approximately 18 days and cover over 1,200 kilometers.<br /><br />A South Korean train consisting of a locomotive and six passenger cars will be used in the survey. A North Korean train with three additional North Korean passenger cars would also be linked with the South Korean train.<br /><br />This marks the first time a South Korean train would be travelling over a majority of North Korea's railway lines since the two Koreas were divided.<br /><br />Officials will survey the Seoul-Sinuiju line which goes up to the Chinese border, and the East Sea line which goes as far as Russia's border.<br /><br />NPR reports that the government plans to have railways running along the east and west coast of the Korean Peninsula, with a line linking them in the middle. The railway lines could also potentially connect to the rest of Asia and Europe.
