Seoul and Pyongyang will on Friday kick off a 16-day joint on-site survey of rail on the east and west coast of the peninsula, the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced on Wednesday.

The two Koreas plan to conduct a survey of a 400 kilometer section of rail between Kaesong and Sinuiju between November 30 and December 5, as part of plans to connect and modernize the Gyeongui railway line.

Joint inspections of a 800-kilometer long area between Mount Kumgang and the Tumen River will then be conducted from December 8 to 17.

A South Korean train composed