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North Korean vice Railroad Minister Kim Yun Hyok, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart vice Transport Minister Kim Jeong Ryeol
NORTH and South Korea began exchanging views on the peninsula’s railways today, looking at how to link the two states’ networks.
The talks at the border village of Panmunjom are the latest to discuss ways to implement peace commitments made by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae In at their recent summit.
Plans to upgrade North Korea's railways and roads are purely aspirational at this point, since South Korea cannot take material steps until international sanctions against the North are lifted.
The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON
