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The North Korean army blew up roads and railways connecting to South Korea on Tuesday.
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Reuters, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The South’s military fired warning shots south of the border on Tuesday in response to the North’s detonations on roads and railways.
—Reuters, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The cross-border roads and railways are remnants of rapprochement that included a 2018 summit.
—Reuters, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
For example, the Spinning Jenny in 1764 increased the capacity of textile manufacturing, railways facilitated the transport of products and people to expand their access to products and telegraphs facilitated communication over longer distances.
—Deisell Donahoe, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
The announcement, which comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scrapped a longstanding policy of seeking peaceful reunification with South Korea earlier this year, declared that remaining roads and railways connected to the South would be completely cut, blocking access along the border.
—Gawon Bae, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
Advertisement In a report to parliament Tuesday, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said that North Korea has been removing ties on the northern side of cross-border railways and nearby lamps and planting mines along the border.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
The catastrophic North Carolina flood of 1916 wreaked immeasurable havoc on the region, killing dozens and wiping out roads and railways.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
Roads and railways in and out of the area are severely damaged, according to local officials.
—Megan Cassella, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Railways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railways. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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