WORK on a key part of phase two of the Korea Train eXpress (KTX) high-speed line--the 13.2km Mount Chonsong tunnel north of Busan--recommenced at the end of November following failure in the courts by environmental activists to halt the project.
The tunnel, on which work stopped for three months while the courts considered whether the project would threaten the mountain habitat of salamanders, is part of the extension of the existing Seoul-Daegu high-speed line to Busan via ...