Seoul has begun consultations with the United States and others to secure a sanctions exemption needed to allow a joint survey on inter-Korean rail cooperation, a Ministry of Unification (MOU) official said on Thursday.
The comments, made during a closed-door briefing and confirmed separately to NK News, suggest the previously-delayed project will now go ahead, pending approval from the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea.
Seoul has begun consultations with the United States and others to secure a sanctions exemption needed to allow a joint survey on inter-Korean rail cooperation, a Ministry of Unification (MOU) official said on Thursday.
The comments, made during a closed-door briefing and confirmed separately to NK News, suggest the previously-delayed project will now go ahead, pending approval from the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea.
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