S.Korea, DPRK agree to break ground for railway, road connection

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon (R) shakes hands with Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), at Peace House, a South Korean building in the truce village of Panmunjom, Oct. 15, 2018. South Korea and the DPRK agreed Monday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in late November or early December to modernize and eventually connect railways and roads across the inter-Korean border. The agreement was reached after the high-level dialogue held earlier in the day at the Peace House, a South Korean building in the truce village of Panmunjom, according to a pool report from South Korean media. (Xinhua/Joint Press Corps)