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Robert Lauler
Robert Lauler has worked as an NGO employee, translator and writer during his time in Korea. He is now an NK News correspondent based in Seoul.
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News North Korean official: Russian investment in railways model for futureNorth Korean hopes for Soviet-era investment a mirage, Pyongyang watcher says A joint North Korea and Russian project to upgrade the DPRK’s railways will become a model for future bilateral economic joint projects, a North Korean railways official said today in an interview with a pro-North Korea newspaper. The first phase of infrastructure upgrades began in October, following a bilateral agreement in June, said Kim Chol Ho, the director of the DPRK’s Railroad Ministry’s International Railway Cooperation Department, in an interview with Chosun Sinbo. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |