Railway reopens on Russia-N. Korea border

Railway reopens on Russia-N. Korea border

KHASAN, Russia - Photo shows a special train after its arrival at Rajin Port in Rason, a special economic zone in northeastern North Korea, from Khasan in the Russian Far East, on Sept. 22, 2013. After years of work to directly connect railway tracks between Russia and North Korea, a 54-kilometer section linking border areas of the two countries reopened the same day.

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