May 05, 2024
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North Korea mobilizes war reserved trains due to transport shortage

All but few railways electrified, meaning electricity shortages pose serious problems

North Korea has brought in trains from its wartime reserve stock to address the lack of transportation caused by a shortage of electricity, Radio Free Asia reported.

"Diesel locomotives were put into railway routes for (the) Pyongyang-Musan (route) and Pyongyang-Tumen river since February this year," a source in Pyongyang was quoted as saying.

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