A trilateral project involving North Korea, South Korea and Russia is set to undergo a test-run on November 28 that will see 40,000 tons of Russian coal shipped to South Korea via the North.

The test-run is the latest development in the “Rajin-Khasan project” between North Korea and Russia, which has also seen investment from a consortium of South Korean companies which purchased Russian shares in the project.

The coal shipment will be taken by train from the Russian city of Khasan to the North Korean port of Rajin, where it will then shipped to the South Korean port of