Beijing [China], Aug 21 (ANI): Citing bankruptcy and current fiscal issues, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday announced cancellation of the China-funded East Coast Rail Link and two gas pipelines projects. The rail project was key to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Seoul [South Korea], Jul 20 (ANI): North Korea and South Korea will soon conduct a joint inspection of railways, in an endeavour to connect and improve rail links along the inter-Korean border.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Jul 6 (ANI): Malaysia Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) has ordered China Communications Construction Ltd (CCCC) to suspend all construction-related works of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project with immediate effect.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), [India], October 29 (ANI): Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress party for stalling the Karnataka's Bidar-Kalaburgi Rail line work, Congress on Sunday said the former came to the state not for the project but for election campaigning.
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): Rattled by the recent spate of train derailments in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday, assured the people about the ambitious project and said that that the bullet train has not seen a single accident in Japan.