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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

South Korea to revive stalled rail project that could connect to North Korea

Seoul: 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.

Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said in a presidential briefing the government would resume restoration of a disconnected section of the Gyeongwon Line near the Demilitarized Zone along the border with North Korea, a project launched in 2015 and suspended the following year.

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