South Korea plans 1,000km/h, near-supersonic, ‘hyper-tube train’  

The South China Morning Post has an article on a hyperloop style transport system being proposed in South Korea - South Korea plans 1,000km/h, near-supersonic, ‘hyper-tube train’ that would leave maglev in the dust.

South Korea is seeking to develop a train-like public transport concept that is almost as fast as the speed of sound reaching 1,000km/h, the Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) said Tuesday. The state-run institute will join forces with other research groups and Hanyang University to build the near-supersonic “train”, which would be able to travel from Seoul to Busan in half an hour. “We hope to create an ultra-fast train, which will travel inside a state-of-the-art low-pressure tube at lightning speeds, in the not-too-distant future,” said a KRRI official.