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| Author: | Lee, C. |
| Title: | Train delayed |
| Journal: | Far Eastern Economic Review
1996 : NOV 28, VOL. 159:48, p. 64-65 |
| Index terms: | TRANSPORT KOREA, SOUTH RAIL TRANSPORT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The Seoul-Pusan high-speed railway was planned as a growth-enhancing prestige project. Instead, it has become a study in the perils of hasty planning - and a test of Korea's ability to develop without taking deadly shortcuts. Four years ago South Korean leaders hailed it as the greatest public-works project since the legendary Tangun founded the Korean nation. But today, critics are lambasting the Seoul-Pusan high-speed railway as the worst national disaster in Korean history. What happened? |
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