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By Chyung Eun-ju, Park Si-soo

A drunken foreigner stumbled onto high-security airport railroad tracks in Busan and strolled four kilometers before officials caught him, police said Thursday.

The Aug. 15 incident exposed a flaw in security for the railway that stretches to Gimhae International Airport, South Korea's third biggest airport.

The railroad operator, Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit, tried to cover up the incident, a report said. The company only came forward after a local broadcaster revealed it on Thursday.

According to police, the foreigner somehow got on the railroad and walked along the tracks for 50 minutes. Dozens of unmanned electric trains use the railway daily, so the man, 22, was lucky to escape he didn't get injured. Police said he was from Kiribati, an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean.

The man reportedly told railroad operators that he got separated from his friend while heading to the airport to leave for Kiribati. Police suspect the man jumped several security gates at a station to reach the railway.

The man has reportedly left Korea.