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Koreas agree to improve North’s railways, but work must wait

Koreas agree to improve North's railways, but work must wait

The rival Koreas have agreed to jointly study ways to improve North Korea's outdated railways and link them with the South, as they continued to take conciliatory steps amid global efforts to resolve the standoff over the North's nuclear weapons. North Korea's state media on Wednesday acknowledged inter-Korean discussions on "issues arising in reconnecting, updating and using the railways on the east and west coasts," but did not describe that South Korea would be sending officials and experts to examine the country's aging rail system. The agreement Tuesday to start joint inspections of North Korea's railways on July 24 was apparently as far as the rivals could go at the moment.


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