• North Korea Enlists German Help to Prepare Economic Opening
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[quote]On New Year's Day, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a "radical" economic renewal for his country and an end to decades of conflict with South Korea. Now, a German media report says he is moving quickly to fulfill at least the first pledge. ANZEIGE According to an article to be published on Saturday by the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the communist regime in Pyongyang is preparing to open up the country's economy to foreign investors. Moreover, it has enlisted the assistance of German economists and lawyers to lay the groundwork for the move. "There is a master plan," one of the economists involved in the plan told the paper. "They want to open up this year." The FAZ did not identify the economist, but noted that he works at a respected German university and that he had advised other governments in Asia in the past. The economist told the paper that the country is primarily interested in modernizing its laws relating to foreign investment. However, North Korea is not intending to follow the Chinese model, which called for the creation of special economic zones for foreign investors, the economist told the FAZ. "Rather, they are interested in the Vietnamese model, in which specific companies were chosen as recipients of investments," the source said. Signs of Change Such a move would be revolutionionary for North Korea , which has long been largely cut off from the rest of the world by virtue of its heavy-handed regime. The country's economy is in a shambles as a result. But since Kim Jong Un took over from his late father just over a year ago, there have been signs of change. His New Year's address was the most obvious indication that he is prepared to embark on a path different from the one followed by his father, Kim Jong Il. Indeed, even holding such an address was a departure; it marked the first such speech by a North Korean leader since Kim Il Sung held the last one in 1994. Furthermore, Kim was surprisingly open about the poor economic situation in which his country finds itself. He pledged renewal, indicating that it would largely be dependent on continued technological advancement. He also highlighted last month'srocket launch, saying it was a boost for "national self-esteem." Still, even as the FAZ reports that there are many in the country's leadership who are in favor of opening up the country to investments from Japanese, South Korean and Western companies, the professor the paper cites notes that it is far from a done deal. "The military in North Korea," he told the paper, "will not want to give up power." He added that it is by no means clear whether Kim's reform efforts will be able to overcome military resistance.[/quote] [url]http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/german-paper-reports-north-korea-preparing-economic-opening-a-875844.html[/url] [img]http://cdn1.spiegel.de/images/image-444134-panoV9free-peou.jpg[/img] Young leader did more good to Best Korea in a year than his father in the lifetime
This is definitely a turn towards a better future for North Korea.
north korea to join the euro ????/
The Vietnam model isn't that bad actually. [url]http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/vietnam/overview[/url]
I'm actually not that surprised, since he Studied in Switzerland and knows that western societies lives much better.
I hope one day South Korea and Best Korea to form Best Republic of World.
...go Kim Jong Un?
[QUOTE=Hizan;39105072]north korea to join the euro ????/[/QUOTE] Holy shit not in a million years What are you smoking edit : need to update my sarcasm detector
[QUOTE=Hizan;39105072]north korea to join the euro ????/[/QUOTE] European union Asia Pick one. [editline]5th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=mac338;39105138]...go Kim Jong Un?[/QUOTE] People rated him as man of the year not wastefully
I'm really happy for North Korea.
[QUOTE=Hizan;39105072]north korea to join the euro ????/[/QUOTE] Large chunks of the Caribbean are members of the European Union.
[QUOTE=mac338;39105231]Large chunks of the Caribbean are members of the European Union.[/QUOTE] But they have historic and political ties with Europe.
Kim Jong Un for Nobel peace prize 2013.
[QUOTE=mac338;39105231]Large chunks of the Caribbean are members of the European Union.[/QUOTE] They have some trade partnerships and ties but they aren't actual members of the EU.
[QUOTE=NoDachi;39105237]But they have historic and political ties with Europe.[/QUOTE] Who doesn't pre 1949.
I told you North Korea will fix itself
[QUOTE=Starpluck;39105264]They have some trade partnerships and ties but they aren't actual members of the EU.[/QUOTE] They're technically british though
4 days and he has done more to help the economy than the US government
[QUOTE=Tarver;39105058]This is definitely a turn towards a better future for North Korea.[/QUOTE] We're gonna need sunglasses
Good to hear that. I think this would be a good step ahead for north korea.
[QUOTE=Aide;39105274]Who doesn't pre 1949.[/QUOTE] Korea.
[QUOTE=MendozaMan;39105142]Holy shit not in a million years What are you smoking edit : need to update my sarcasm detector[/QUOTE] I'm quite sure NK can unfuck itself if Kim jong Un keeps this up
Good man, it looks like he knows what he needs to do compared to what has been previously done.
Well I'll be damned. North Korea is looking up. Hell, remember the military leaders he suddenly removed from power when he took over? Maybe that was leading up to this.
[QUOTE=Irkalla;39105344]They're technically british though[/QUOTE] And Dutch and French. In fact the Dutch ones are actually officially part of Europe.
This might be a step to a better future for all Koreans.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;39105264]They have some trade partnerships and ties but they aren't actual members of the EU.[/QUOTE] Actually there are several island belonging to countries like the netherlands or great britain, and thus are in the EU, just the same way the entire country is. Watch this (the end part is relevant): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE_IUPInEuc[/media]
[QUOTE=NoDachi;39105391]Korea.[/QUOTE] Which one because the North had ties with Germany starting 1949 on top of that the Republic of Korea had ties with Germany dating back to 1883. [url=http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Aussenpolitik/Laender/Laenderinfos/01-Nodes/KoreaDemokratischeVolksrepublik_node.html]North Korea[/url] [url=http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Aussenpolitik/Laender/Laenderinfos/01-Nodes/KoreaRepublik_node.html]Republic of Korea[/url] These links are officially posted by the Federal Foreign Office which is like the USA's Department of State. Your move sir!
You know what they are going to do right? The same thing they did in the past with China. They are going to get a bunch of foreign investors to build mining facilities for them. The investor make a contract and the build it. Then NK says "You can't bring in your own workers you have to use ours. Oh and the guy training them insulted us by not (insert retarded obscure NK custom) so that will be (Lodes of moneh), also we're kicking out your workers.) SO the Investors wave their contracts around but no one is going to back it up and with the foreign workers gone NK will flaunt that it was in fact THEY who built the facilities . Touting that they developed all that technology by themselves. Saying "Oh look what we built. Things are not bad over here no sir." and everyone else in the world just rolls their eyes and NK goes back to making for threats.
If they didn't bombard that island, defy the ban on ballistic missile tests, or keep political prisoners/kidnapped unfortunates in inhumane conditions then I would believe N. Korea was trying to do something better for themselves. Until such a time the whole 'Go N.Korea, whey better future' shit seems a little ridiculous.
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