South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had agreed to conduct a joint¹ inspection² on railways across the border from Nov. 30, Seoul's unification ministry³ said Wednesday.

 

首尔统一部周三表示，11月30日期朝鲜韩国将对跨境铁路进行一次联合检查。

 

The joint survey would last for 18 days from Friday on railways across the heavily-armed inter-Korean border.

 

The inspection on the DPRK's railways along the eastern coast would mark the first since the peninsula was divided with the armistice⁴ agreement that suspended the 1950-53 Korean War.

 

The peninsula remains⁵ in a technical state of war because of the armistice agreement.

 

The two Koreas originally planned to carry out the joint survey in late July, but it was delayed for about four months as the U.S.-led United Nations (UN) Command disapproved⁶ of it. The UN Command handles military affairs inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the peninsula.

 

Consultation⁷ for the joint survey was resumed this week as the United Nations granted a sanctions exemption⁸ over the weekend to the railway inspection between the two Koreas.

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