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    13Aug, 2018
    The Palembang LRT broke down many times, the Ministry of Transportation conducted a total evaluation

    The Ministry of Transportation immediately conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the operation of the South Sumatra Light Rail Transit (LRT) following the sudden stopping of the Palembang LRT strike, South Sumatra, on Sunday (12/8) evening. The strike that occurred at the end of last week was not the first, but it has happened repeatedly over the LRT which began full operation earlier this month.

    “This evaluation is expected to provide a solution to the improvement of the overall operational performance of the LRT, especially in order to support the 18th Asian Games which will soon be held in the City of Palembang,” said Director General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation Zulfikri, Monday (August 13)

    (source: CNN Indonesia)

    29Jul, 2018
    Asian Games: North Korean athletes arrive in South for joint training

    North Korean athletes arrived in the South on Sunday (Jul 29) for joint training ahead of the Asian Games next month, the latest effort at rare cross-border sports diplomacy.

    The two Koreas agreed last month to field joint teams in three sports – canoeing, rowing and women’s basketball – at the Asian Games  in Jakarta and Palembang from Aug 18 to Sep 2.

    Dressed in matching light blue outfits, the delegation of 34 athletes and coaches landed at Incheon International Airport via Beijing.

    Their exact schedules have yet to be determined but the North Koreans are expected to begin training with their South Korean teammates next week.

    It is the first time North and South Korea have formed unified teams to compete at the Asian Games.

    The two countries – which are technically still at war after the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice instead of a peace treaty – will also march together at the opening and closing ceremonies in Indonesia.

    The move follows an agreement between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South’s president Moon Jae-in at their summit in April.

    Sporting cooperation helped spark the current diplomatic thaw between the two Koreas after the North sent a high-level delegation and athletes to the Winter Olympics held in the South in February.

    Diplomatic efforts have gathered pace since then, leading to a landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore in June.

    Indonesia president Joko Widodo formally invited the Korean leaders to the Asian Games, although it is unclear if either has responded.

    The two Koreas formed their first-ever unified Olympic team – a joint women’s ice hockey squad – for February’s games in the South Korean resort of Pyeongchang.

    The idea for a joint team initially sparked a backlash in the South on the grounds that Seoul was depriving its own athletes of the chance to compete.

    Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/asian-games-north-korean-athletes-arrive-in-south-for-joint-10572768

    (Read more: Channel News Asia)