South president seeks Korea-Europe rail link

South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has said he will seek support for a project to create an “iron silk road” connecting the divided Korean peninsula with Europe by rail when he meets Asian and European leaders next week.

Kim made the remarks before leaving for Denmark to attend a summit of European and Asian leaders that opens in Copenhagen over the weekend.

Soldiers of the two Koreas have opened parts of their heavily fortified border and begun removing mines to reconnect cross-border road and rail links that have been severed since the 1950-53 Korean War.

If plans go smoothly, a cross-border road will be reconnected as early as November and a railway by year’s end.