South Korea is planning to establish road and rail links with North Korea by the end of the year as Seoul seeks to bolster economic engagement with the regime amid faltering progress on denuclearisation.
The plan, however, is likely to raise eyebrows in the US, which has remained steadfast about maintaining stringent sanctions on Pyongyang in an attempt to coerce the regime to abandon its nuclear weapons.
If completed, the infrastructure projects would represent a concrete step towards the economic integration of the Koreas — a prospect that economists believe could in the long run dramatically improve growth in both countries.
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