Test run for S. Korea's bullet train conducted

SEOUL, South Korea - President Kim Dae Jung (4th from L) joins other dignitaries in a ceremony held in Chonan, South Chungchong Province, on Dec. 16 to mark the start of a test run for South Korea's first bullet train. Later Kim took a trial ride in the rail car that ran a 34-km Chonan-Taejon section at 200 kph. When completed in 2004, the train will run the 412 km from Seoul to Pusan in one hour and 56 minutes at a maximum speed of 300 kph.

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