NGA Tearline: Report on North Korean Railways

Across the Tracks: North Korean Railcar Manufacturing and the 2018 Inter-Korean Agreement

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Across the Tracks: North Korean Railcar Manufacturing and the 2018 Inter-Korean Agreement

Connection and modernization of railways in the Korean peninsula's eastern transportation corridor is a declared step within the historic April 27, 2018 joint declaration for peace, prosperity, and unification.

Chongjin Railway Factory is one of two major railway manufacturing facilities in North Korea's eastern corridor. Analysis of this facility can be a brick-and-mortar sign-post of foundational infrastructure progress if the trust-building project of reconnecting the Koreas' railways is carried out.

Read more of this intelligence report on Tearline.