Figures from UNICEF's recently released State of the World's Children Report show alarmingly that an estimated 2 million children are currently exploited in the sex industry and 1.2 million are trafficked between countries each year.
But it reflects the excitement of people in railroad towns like this -- and indeed, in many others around South Korea -- since an agreement in principle was negotiated with North Korea in June to restore rail traffic between the countries.
Other Bush administration officials said they expected the first steps taken by the Indian government to improve its relations with Pakistan would not be military but political, like the resumption of air traffic between the countries.
India has asked Pakistan to resume freight traffic between the countries, which was halted by India almost two months ago, but Pakistan will refuse the offer, according to Pakistan's railways minister, Lt. Gen. Javed Ashraf.
Given the proximity and boating traffic between these countries, substantial mixing between their YFV populations would not be surprising.
These improvements are the result of 1) a series of high-capacity submarine cables laid in recent years that carry Internet traffic between various African countries (including the three countries discussed here) and the rest of the world, and 2) substantial private investment supported by government policies that have boosted access within each of the countries.
Also, the freer traffic of coaches between countries - Australia kindly donating the best of its coaching talent to Britain - and the influence of the internet meant that while one country might be improving its coaching techniques, its ability to keep those techniques secret as a competitive advantage was diminished.
In 2007, the U.S., Mexico and other countries in Central America entered a cooperative agreement meant to stem illegal drug and weapon trafficking between the countries.
Many of these children are trafficked within and between countries, where they are forced into prostitution, pornography and other forms of sexual exploitation.
But Slovenia has also been returning others to Croatia and has stopped all rail traffic between the two countries.
