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Article: TRAINS CROSS INTER-KOREAN BORDER FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 50 YEARS.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- May 17, 2007
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SEOUL, May 17 Asia Pulse - For the first time in more than half a century, trains crossed the heavily armed inter-Korean border on May 17 in a highly symbolic move toward renewed reconciliation and increased economic ties on the Korean Peninsula.
A five-car South Korean train crossed the the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) around 12.15 p.m. on the way to a station in western North Korea, and around the same time, a North Korean train crossed the MDL while on its way to a station in eastern South Korea. Each train, carrying 100 South Koreans and 50 North Koreans, was scheduled to return to its point of departure later in the day.
The western train ...