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🇰🇷South Korea Reopens Rail Link to DMZ Station South Korea's unification ministry announced that tourist rail service between Seoul Station and Dorasan Station will resume Friday, restoring a connection that had been suspended since late 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dorasan Station sits at the northern end of South Korea's rail network, just south of the inter-Korean border. The station was established following a 2000 inter-Korean summit, after which freight trains operated through it to supply the Kaesong Industrial Complex — a jointly run factory park in North Korea that was shut down in 2016. Since then, the station functioned solely as a tourist destination before closing entirely. The unification ministry stated that the reopening will allow tourists to travel by train beyond the Civilian Control Line, which limits public access near the Demilitarized Zone. The government, local municipalities, and the rail agency plan to develop additional tourist programs near the border station. #SouthKorea @asianomics