ROK officials visit DPRK for joint railway inspection

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A group of officials from the Republic of Korea (ROK) visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Friday for a joint railway inspection to eventually modernize and connect railways across the border, according to local media reports.

The 15-member ROK inspection team, led by Hwang Sung-gyu, a senior transport ministry official, crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) at about 8:40 a.m. local time (2340 GMT Thursday) via the eastern cross-border route.

During the one-day trip with six DPRK officials, the ROK team would jointly inspect railways running from Mount Kumgang to the MDL along the eastern coast of the DPRK.

The ROK inspection team set out for the DPRK for a joint railway inspection, July 20, 2018. /VCG Photo

A separate joint inspection will be conducted on railways from the DPRK's border town of Kaesong to the MDL in the DPRK's western region on July 24.

The inspections will be follow-up measures to the agreement, reached during the working-level talks on June 26 to modernize and eventually connect railways across the inter-Korean border in eastern and western regions.

The head of the ROK inspection team told reporters before leaving for the DPRK that a joint study should be conducted after the inspections.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency