The two Koreas and Russia on Tuesday began the third trial run of a trilateral coal shipping project from Russia to South Korea via the DPRK’s Rajin port.

The initiative will see 120,000 tons of Russian coal delivered to three South Korean ports, with a further container ship heading to Busan.

South Korea’s steel manufacturing giant POSCO, Korail and Hyundai Merchant Marine are also involved in the project.

“The Ministry of Unification (MoU) is in charge of controlling the flow of information, so unfortunately we can’t provide many details on this