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Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A train carrying construction materials in Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province has overturned, causing casualties and damage to property. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRecently, a freight train loaded with construction materials overturned as it was heading toward Samjiyon from Hyesan,\u201d said a Ryanggang Province-based source on July 23. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe materials on the train were damaged and several people were injured.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The train was reportedly heading to Samjiyon, which has been heralded by North Korea as the \u201choly site of the revolution,\u201d with materials intended for use in modernizing the city. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on a recent visit to Samjiyon, called for the early completion of construction efforts, which began in 2015 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/samjiyon-railway-finally-completed\/\">were completed last month<\/a> shortly after the leader&#8217;s visit.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe authorities are more focused on the damaged goods than the people who were hurt,\u201d said the source. \u201cThey have mobilized residents living nearby the accident site to help recover the materials.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four people, who were identified as cargo guards on the train, were injured and are currently unconscious in a hospital, the source reported. \u201cThere are normally two guards per carriage guarding the materials, so there may be more who are injured.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such trains are targets for opportunistic traders who hitch rides and conduct illegal business, raising the possibility that the casualty count is higher than expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMerchants pay bribes to use the trains, which are cheaper to get around in than [private delivery\/transportation] trucks,\u201d said the source. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople are wondering what the death toll would have been if it was a passenger train and are saying it was lucky that so few people were hurt.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has been no solid information on exactly how the train was derailed, but rumors are circulating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome are saying that the train was derailed because someone stole one of the concrete stakes on the track,\u201d the source said. \u201cThere is a rumor that the authorities have deemed the incident an act against the state and are searching for the culprit.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another source in Ryanggang Province reported that because the Samjiyon track was constructed recently, the track bed was weak and that the tracks had only held freight trains, and not passenger trains. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome people say that the track bed collapsed, which led to the derailment,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A train carrying construction materials in Samjiyon, Ryanggang Province has overturned, causing casualties and damage to property. \u201cRecently, a freight train loaded with construction materials overturned as it was heading toward Samjiyon from Hyesan,\u201d said a Ryanggang Province-based source on July 23. \u201cThe materials on the train were damaged and several people were injured.\u201d The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":36928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-36922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-construction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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