Trainspotting

Rail tests off, North informs Seoul abruptly

May 25, 2006 ㅡ Jilted again.
On the eve of the scheduled trial train runs to test the recently restored cross-border railways, North Korea pulled out yesterday, blaming the move on "internal instability" in the South. The South Korean government reacted with embarrassment, criticizing the North for giving an unsatisfactory reason for its actions. The cancellation was the third broken promise by North Korea to test the restored railroads across the Demilitarized Zone, and the plans had progressed much further this time than in the previous two.

The real reason for the cancellation - North Korean spies discovered that the South Korean train looked like this:












while the North Korean train looked like this:














The train test was cancelled because North Korean technology lags behind the technology of the South.

To avoid embarassing the North, South Korea has decided on an ass-kissing face-saving measure. The South Koreans will use the train in the picture below for any future runs while loudly praising the advanced level of the North.












Oh, wait! Who's that already on board? Could it? Train Boy?