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Asian Highway-1 (AH-1), from Pusan to Pyongyang in North Korea and then to Istanbul in Turkey, would be a new ``silk road’’ connecting the country directly with those countries in Southwestern Asia as well as in Europe. Although the route would initially start from Tokyo in Japan, the Japanese part of the proposed highway would only be connected by a sea route, thus making the country the actual starting and ending points of AH-1 on land.

``The agreement only includes Asian countries at this time, thus the highway will only be extended to Turkey,’’ Chang Man-suk, official at the Road Policy Division of the transportation ministry, said in an interview with The Korea Times. ``The highway, however, may be connected with European countries as the UNESCAP is promoting the envisioned highway,’’ he added.

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서울과 부산간 경부고속도로를 달리는 사람들은 곧 자신들이 아시아의 31개국을 연결하는 14만 킬로의 고속도로의 일부를 달리고 있다는 사실을 깨달아야 할 것이다.

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