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Koreas To Begin Cargo Trains By End Of Year

 CBS News Interactive: North Korea Threats

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ― North Korea agreed in principle to formally open a reconnected railway for regular cargo service across its heavily armed border with South Korea before the end of the year, an official said Thursday.

The two sides were trying set a specific date at high-level talks in Seoul for starting service on the 16-mile-long track for transport to and from a joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong, Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Nam-shik said.

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