South Korea to revive stalled rail project that could connect to North Korea
South Korea will restart work on a railway section that could eventually link to North Korea’s eastern city of Wonsan, the Unification Ministry said on Wednesday, reviving a project halted for a decade despite frozen relations with Pyongyang.
South Korea is set to restart work on a railway section that could eventually link to North Korea's eastern city of Wonsan. The project had been stalled for a decade due to frozen relations with Pyongyang, according to the Daily Maverick.
The railway project is aimed at reconnecting the two countries, although no further details have been provided.
In a separate development, long queues have been reported at Incheon International Airport's immigration counters, with waits of up to 80 minutes for foreign travellers. The South China Morning Post reports that the number of foreign arrivals in South Korea surged to 2.04 million in June, up from 1.74 million in the same month last year.
Brief written by urgent.news from Daily Maverick, DW News, Egypt Independent, South China Morning Post — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
