KOREAN PENINSULA MAKES TRACKS TOWARD PEACE

Series of overtures advanced harmonious relations in 2018

A nine-car train carrying 100 passengers departed from Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea, at 6:45 am on Dec 26 for Panmun station in Kaesong, a border city in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

It was the first time an ROK train had run on the Kumgang-Tumen line since the Korean War (1950-53). The line runs up from Mount Kumgang to the Tumen River.