70 years after the Korean War revisited the fierce battle subway

　　China News Agency, Gangwon-do, June 25 Telegram question: 70 years after the outbreak of the Korean War, revisit the fierce battle subway

　　China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai

　　In Tieyuan County, Gangwon-do, South Korea, dozens of white pigeons spread their wings. Many South Korean dignitaries and representatives from all walks of life gathered here to read the "Prayer for Final War."

　　The 25th marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean War. A reporter from the China News Service revisited the former fierce battle of the subway.

　　Tieyuan is located on the border between Korea and North Korea, and the cruelty of the war is still vaguely visible. Mount Suyi Mountain, which is 362 meters above sea level, looks into the distance. The mountains overlap, the scenery is magnificent, and the greenery overlooks the valley. However, the surrounding warning signs warn of “be careful of the minefield”. In a barren grass, there were several broken water towers erected with bullet marks. A three-storey wartime building was also preserved, leaving only the outer steel frame and the devastation, showing the great destructive power of the war.

　　A truce agreement in 1953 temporarily extinguished the artillery on the Korean peninsula, but the North and the South have remained "opposed" for many years, blocking traffic and restricting the free movement of people.

　　A broken railroad track in Tieyuan County is a portrayal of the fate of the North and South after the war. The Jingyuan Line was an important railway line across the peninsula and was abandoned after the war. In recent years, the Korean government has rebuilt some railroad tracks and rebuilt a new station near the old site of Tieyuan Station. The sign of "railroad interruption" on the Taipei side of the station is particularly conspicuous.

　　"It used to depart every hour here." Pointing to the desolate rail line, South Korean commentator Jin Bingxu introduced on the spot that the place was a densely populated railway transportation hub before the war. At present, the Korean rebuilding project has not been completed, and the line is not actually opened. Used for sightseeing.

　　"When will it be opened?" Facing a reporter's question, Jin Bingxu said: "No one knows, but hope to open as soon as possible."

　　Since the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018, relations on the peninsula have tended to relax. South Korea and the DPRK have discussed restarting railway cooperation. However, the situation has undergone complex changes after the DPRK-US summit in 2019. From June this year, North Korea protested South Korea's connivance of "North Korean defectors" to distribute anti-DPRK leaflets, cut off all communication lines between North and South Korea, blow up the South Korean-North Korean liaison office, and announced that it would re-deploy troops on the North Korean border.

　　But recently, the deteriorating relations between South Korea and North Korea have seen a first-line turnaround. The South Korean government has repeatedly stated that it will severely punish the distribution of leaflets, calling on South Korea to abide by the previously signed agreement. According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 24th, the DPRK side suspended the implementation of the military action plan against South Korea.

　　In an interview with the China News Agency, Park Jong-chee, director of the Institute for Peaceful Unification of Gyeongsang University in South Korea, said that relations between Korea and North Korea are currently mainly constrained by the domestic political environment and relations between North Korea and the United States. He said that individual Korean civil society organizations distribute anti-DPRK flyers, the purpose of which is to trigger conflicts between the ROK and the DPRK. The ROK should properly handle domestic differences; and the attitude of the US also affects the situation on the peninsula.

　　He pointed out that the DPRK has "expressed dissatisfaction" through a series of actions recently, and the ROK needs to propose a feasible plan for holding high-level talks.

　　Harry J. Kazianis, director of the National Institute of National Defense's National Interest Center, thinks that South Korea-DPRK relations and US-DPRK relations urgently need new breakthroughs and ending confrontation, otherwise they will fall into a cycle of "threats and threats".

　　Harry said that the "war has never really ended" in the past 70 years. The low-level conflict on the border between South Korea and North Korea has continued. If the war restarts, the consequences will be disastrous.

　　On the 25th, standing on the former battlefield and today's war memorial, Governor Cui Wenxun of Gangwon-do said: "Looking forward to the arrival of true peace as soon as possible." He said that Gangwon-do, next to the border, was hit hard by the war and hopes to continue to develop North-South relations and benefit the local community. people. (Finish)