North and South Korea have agreed to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in late November or early December to connect their railways and roads across the border, defying US policy against Seoul’s rapid economic integration with the rogue communist state.
The two Koreas held a high-level meeting on Monday and agreed to conduct a joint field study soon to review the current state of inter-Korean railroads for the ambitious economic project.
But the plan risks angering Washington after US President Donald Trump last week dismissed Seoul’s suggestion to consider easing its unilateral sanctions against North Korea, saying that Seoul can only lift the restrictions against Pyongyang with American approval.