THE EURASIA TRAIN ROUTE FROM SEOUL KOREA DEPARTING JULY 14TH FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED ITS FINAL DESTINATION IN BERLIN TODAY JULY 30TH–THE PLAN ROUTE TO CONNECT VIA THE RAILROAD FROM EASTERN ASIA ACROSS TO EUROPE GETS ITS FINAL PUSH WITH A FINALE IN BERLIN GERMANY–THE FUTURE VISION PUSH CALLS FOR N KOREA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLANNED ROUTE IF S KOREA CAN FULFILL THE RAILROAD LINK

More than 250 passengers of the “Eurasia Express” staged a parade through the Brandenburg Gate on Friday in a display of South Korea’s commitment to a reunification with the North as their 20-day, 14,400-kilometer journey came to an end.
The one-hour, 2-kilometer march kicked off at the Victory Column, a monument built in 1864 to mark then Prussia’s defeat of Denmark, passing through the 17th of June Street, which was named after the day of a bloody workers’ uprising in 1953 in the eastern part of the city. It was also a national holiday for West Germany until unification.
Located at the center of the capital, the Brandenburg Gate is a symbol of German unity and one of the few landmarks that weathered World War II.
“There is no better place than Berlin for the Eurasia Express to wrap up its excursion in, given its aspiration to close the 70-year history of separation of the two Koreas and move forward into the grand future of unification,” Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said in his congratulatory remarks ahead of the rally.
“While Germany celebrates the 25th anniversary of its unification, the Korean Peninsula is still suffering from the pain of separation. Throughout our journey, what we did not forget for a second was the day of unification on which the people of the two Koreas blend together, sharing freedom and peace.” …..

…..The project was a centerpiece of President Park Geun-hye’s “Eurasia Initiative,” designed to expedite greater business and sociocultural cooperation between the two continents by connecting roads and railways.
Yet it left the substantial challenge of inducing North Korea’s participation, which is pivotal to the realization of key routes such as the Trans-Korean Railway envisioned to link with the Trans-Siberian Railroad to reach Europe. With Pyongyang being aloof, the Eurasia Express took a detour and set out in Vladivostok.
Following the march, a welcome reception was hosted by Ambassador Lee Kyung-soo and a concert took place in front of Brandenburg Gate. The college students of South Korea and Germany had held a discussion on unification earlier in the day. The participants are scheduled to return to Seoul on Sunday.

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