Editing Transport in North Korea (section)

==Restrictions on freedom of movement==
[[Tourism in North Korea|Travel to North Korea]] is tightly controlled. The standard route to and from [[North Korea]] is by plane or train via [[Beijing]]. Transport directly to and from [[South Korea]] was possible with Vip Family Zone Tour and travel within the cities on a limited scale from 2003 until 2008, when a road was opened (bus tours, no private cars). [[Freedom of movement]] in North Korea is also limited,<ref name=unhcr>{{cite web|author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,,PRK,4562d8cf2,487ca236c0,0.html |title=UNHCR Freedom in the World 2008 - North Korea |publisher=Unhcr.org |date=July 2, 2008 |access-date=2011-04-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018022844/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country%2C%2C%2C%2CPRK%2C4562d8cf2%2C487ca236c0%2C0.html |archive-date=October 18, 2012 }}</ref> as citizens are not allowed to move around freely inside their own country.<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/002/2009/en North Korea: Freedom of movement, opinion and expression - Information sheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216061547/http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA24/002/2009/en |date=2015-02-16 }}, Amnesty International, [https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/44000/asa240022009en.pdf PDF], published 2 August 2009, accessed 2011-04-08</ref> On October 14, 2018, North and South Korea agreed to restore inter-Korean rail and road transportation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/koreas-to-reconnect-roads-rail-u-s-concerned-over-easing-sanctions-idUSKCN1MP0D0|title = Koreas to reconnect roads, rail, U.S. Concerned over easing sanctions|newspaper = Reuters|date = 15 October 2018}}</ref> On November 22, 2018, North and South Korea reopened a road on the Korean border which had been closed since 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20181122006452315?section=national/defense|title = (2nd LD) Koreas connect road inside heavily fortified DMZ|date = 22 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=nov22>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/south-north-korea-connect-border-road-through-dmz/1318769|title = South, North Korea connect border road through DMZ}}</ref> On November 30, 2018, inter-Korean rail transportation resumed when a South Korean train crossed into North Korea for the first time since November 2008.<ref name=telegraphrail>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/30/first-train-decade-departs-south-korea-north-korea/|title = First train in a decade departs South Korea for North Korea|newspaper = The Telegraph|date = 30 November 2018|last1 = Avagnina|first1 = Gianluca}}</ref> On December 8, 2018, a South Korean bus crossed into North Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=141408|title = Joint Inspection of N. Korea's Eastern Rail Line Begins}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=January 2024|reason=Has changed since}}