SEOUL: South Korea's first bullet train goes into service this week promising to transform people's lives by easing the country's chronic traffic congestion.
After 14 trillion won (RM46bil) of investment and years of delay caused by the 1997 Asian financial crisis and major engineering obstacles, the 300kph train will open for business on April 1 on two lines linking this city to Busan in the southeast and Mokpo in the southwest.
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