The statement noted that ordinary passport holders from both country could visit China visa free.
Among the passengers on board were 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals, and one Canadian.
South Korea’s total population rebounded in 2023 owing to a double-digit growth in foreign residents, statistical office data showed Monday.
The figure is 19.2 times more than that of 2022.
“It was a devastating scene, because the train was at high speed, full speed,” said Sudhanshu Sarangi, the chief of Odisha’s fire service, who had arrived at the scene.
The devastating earthquake that killed at least 268 people on Monday, also damaged 22,000 houses and displaced 13,000 persons.
