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A free trade zone is boosted in North Korea

(25 Jun 1998) Rason - October 4-5 2008 1. Wide pan of the Rason city and surroundings 2. Mid of the central district, Rason city. 3. Wide of cranes at the Rajin port. 4. Wide of containers at the Rajin port. 5. Wide of Rajin port. 6. Long shot of fishing boats anchored at wharf. 7. Wide of Russian train coming in for the ground-breaking ceremony for reconstruction of Rajin-Khasan railways and Rajin port. 8. Various of the inaugural work for laying new rails. 9. Various of workers assembling the rails. 10. Various of the body and the wheel of the train running on the newly-laid rails. 11. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Chae Song Hak, vice-chairman, People's Committee of Rason City, " The Ground-Breaking Ceremony for Reconstruction of Rajin-Khasan Railways and Rajin Port took place thanks to the cooperation between the DPRK and Russia. If this project is realised, about 100,000 containers will be transported to Europe and also from Europe to Asia via Rajin port in a year. I am sure that if things will come to this, the environment for the investment in our zone should be changed radically so that this zone must be developed into the international economic trade zone. We will always welcome the investment of foreign enterprises." 12. Wide exterior of Sonbong Clothing Factory 13. Wide of the worker at sewing machines in Sonbong Clothing Factory 14. Close of a worker at a sewing machine 15. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Kim Leonid Yakovlevich, vice-General Director, Visual Resource Co. LTD. Russia "I'm very glad with the start of the joint management of the railway by Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. This is an historic moment in the two countries' economic cooperation. Now that the railway system is in place, we plan to do a lot of work in the port of Rajin. Coal will be the main product to be transported. The port is very good and is adapted to handle coal. The conditions are very favoUrable for that. We also plan to use the port of Rajin to deliver cargo back to Russia. The port of Rajin is very good for economic development. " 16. Wide pan of boat travelling on sea with tourists on board watching sea gulls in sky 17. Wide of sea and zoom-in to seals in the water. 18. Wide of tourists on boat watching seals. 19. Close of seals swimming in the water. 20. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kang Ok Hui, a Rason citizen. "I think that our Rason city will become more busy in the future. 21. Wide of the streets of the Rason city 22. Various shots Rason street scenes AP FILE Rajin - 1997 23. Wide of traffic in streets 24. Various street scenes 25. Various of harbour 26. Ships and car being unloaded LEAD IN : As speculation over the health of North Korean leader, Kim Jong II continues, and the nation's future remains uncertain , the development of a 'free trade zone' has been boosted by the renovation of railway links between North Korea and Russia. It's hoped that if successful, 100,000 containers from Europe will pass through the zone each year destined for a sea voyage to Asia from Chongjin port. STORYLINE: A remote corner of socialist North Korea has struggled for over a decade to develop as a 'special economic zone', located at the intersection of North Korea, China and Russia's borders. Now it's got new hope, as work starts on a project to renovate a rail link from isolated North Korea to Russia. Local representative, Chae Song Hak, the vice-chairman, People's Committee of Rason City says that freight traffic through the port of Rajin is increasing. The UN programme supports economic development in the area where Korea, China, and Russia meet. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...