The two high-speed trains recorded a combined 25.7 million riders from January to March.
The ongoing freeze in electricity rates will be extended for over 3.6 million households as part of an economic relief package agreed upon by the government and the conservative People Power Party (PPP) on Sunday.
Foreign travelers to Korea have raised complaints about difficulties navigating the country's transportation system. The Korea Tourism Organization acknowledged the issues and has begun to tackle the problem.
The KTX bullet trains are expected to be fully back on track by 5 p.m., freight and passenger trains by 6 p.m. and subways in the greater Seoul area by 9 p.m.
The union kicked off its first general strike in almost four years, which is expected to decrease passenger and freight service by up to 60 percent until it ends at 9 a.m. on Monday.
The daily high-speed Super Rapid Train (SRT) will expand service starting this September by adding routes to Changwon and Jinju in South Gyeongsang, Suncheon and Yeosu in South Jeolla and Pohang in North Gyeongsang.
The CEO of the company that runs Korea's Super Rapid Train (SRT) system questioned the monopoly held by Korea Railroad (Korail) on train repairs and maintenance after a power cut led to canceled trains on Dec. 30.
We can move toward a risk-managing society when social awareness and system change to prevent big and small accidents.
The KTX ticket booking system for express trains and high-speed SRT trains may face service crashes if disasters, such as fires, occur due to a lack of disaster recovery centers.
Over 100 Covid patients died on Wednesday alone, the highest in four months.
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