{"id":14740,"date":"2018-12-26T07:13:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=14740"},"modified":"2018-12-26T07:14:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T12:14:23","slug":"special-train-departs-for-railway-groundbreaking-ceremony-in-n-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=14740","title":{"rendered":"Special Train Departs for Railway Groundbreaking Ceremony in N. Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An article from KBS World Radio<\/a><\/p>\n

A special train carrying about 100 South Koreans has left for North Korea for a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for a project aimed at\u00a0modernizing and connecting roads and railways across the border.<\/p>\n

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The train carrying nine cars departed Seoul Station at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday [December 26] for the ceremony set for 10 a.m. at Panmun Station in the North’s border town Gaeseong.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Can Korea be reunified in peace?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The South Korean delegation includes Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, Transport Minister Kim Hyun-mee, ruling Democratic Party of Korea Chairman Lee Hae-chan and floor leaders of ruling and opposition parties.<\/p>\n

The North’s delegation will be led by Ri Son-gwon, the chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country. He will be joined by high-ranking North Korean officials including Kim Yun-hyok, the railway minister.<\/p>\n

The 50-minute ceremony will feature events in which officials of the two Koreas will sign a sleeper, connect railroad tracks and unveil a road sign.<\/p>\n

The South Korean delegation will return on Wednesday afternoon after a lunch at a lodging facility in the Gaeseong Industrial Complex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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