On July 27 North Korea will host a groundbreaking ceremony on a joint highway construction project with China, South Korea’s Tongil News reported on Wednesday.

According to the report, this joint project has commenced with the cooperation with China’s Liaoning Province, which borders North Korea. This highway, once completed, will connect some of North Korea’s major industrial and trade hubs.

“The DPRK cabinet have notified their Chinese counterpart company that they will hold the groundbreaking ceremony on July 27 for the highway between Sinuiju-Kaesong and Wonsan-Hamhung,” Tongil News reported, quoting an unnamed source.

“The North Korean counterpart (who will be