Korean Train Crossing Seen as Sign of Progress

[Ediacara]

Source: New York Times

By CHOE SANG-HUN
Published: May 17, 2007

MUNSAN, South Korea, May 17 — Trains crossed the border between North and South Korea today for the first time in 56 years, in what was hailed by both countries as a key step toward reconciliation on the divided Korean Peninsula.

As white balloons soared into a blue sky here, soldiers swung open gates that were topped with barbed wire shortly after noon to let a five-car South Korean train enter North Korea.

It entered through the demilitarized zone, the world’s most heavily armed border, which is 4 kilometers, or 2.5 miles.

At the same time, 240 kilometers to the east, a North Korean train trundled south down the coast.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/world/asia/17cnd-korea.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

[David__77]

1. Best wishes to Korea!

I hope that an independent, neutral, and sovereign reunified Korea can be forged, free from occupying troops.