S Korean civic groups stage march urging inter-Korean railway links
Jennifer Chang
Press TV, Incheon
Over 100 local civic groups are staging a 550-kilometer cross-country march across South Korea to demand the railway networks of South and North Korea be reconnected. The march began in the southern port city of Busan on April 27, the anniversary of a summit of South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three years ago, where the two leaders released a declaration, pledging to relink the railway, which was severed in 1945 with Korea’s division.
The march is scheduled to end in the northern border city Paju on July 27th. About 100 protestors watched a promotional video of the march before a four-hour rally in Incheon.
Many bystanders welcomed the march. At its destination - Guwol-dong Rodeo Street, a hotspot with huge crowds from Incheon and nearby cities like Bucheon - a mass campaign with broadcasts and leaflets took place.
Many experts say the successful relinking of the inter-Korean railway would be a major accomplishment for South Korea - one that would supplement the South’s maritime trade with new land trade routes with its continental neighbors.
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