Oct. 19, 2007 (LPAC)--A number of developments reported today reflect the on-going step-by-step realization of the proposal for a Eurasian Landbridge advanced by Lyndon LaRouche and his wife Helga Zepp-LaRouche since the 1990s, as an economic cooperation and war-avoidance policy.

--The Singapore Transport Minister said today, according to the New Straits Times, that the 5,513 km (3,450 mile) Singapore-Kunming, China rail link project, which will link seven ASEAN countries to China is progressing. Several of the missing links in Southeast Asia are scheduled for completion within the next few years. Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia have all completed their feasibility studies on the links and are working toward their construction. The section in China, 1,000 km (625 miles) long, will be completed by 2009. "Most encouraging is that we already have some specific dates for the missing links to be constructed, and some have concrete dates of completion," the minister said.

--The South Korean Railroad president said in an interview published today, that South Korea is ready at any time, to send freight trains to North Korea. According to Reuters, he said: "If a military guarantee is secured at talks between prime ministers and defense ministers in November, we can immediately send cargo trains in, even today."

--Japan's Mitsui Corporation signed an agreement with Russian Railways in Moscow today, giving it the right to organize cargo shipments from Japan through Siberia to Europe. Mitsui said it had decided to participate due to the substantial increase in joint trade. Container transport will take 18 days, as opposed to 45 days by sea.