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…a lot of these exchanges are beginning to incorporate more and more North Koreans into the experience. For instance, these twenty-one thousand workers at Kaesong who are North Koreans, eventually are going to go home and tell their families and friends what they experienced. At this point what we’re seeing is very initial steps on the part of North Korea as they try to open up reform and yet maintain control. At the same time, they are being forced into a number of institutional changes and mind-set changes that are the first step forward in this process.
Read it all at the Council on Foreign Relations…
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Richardson // Jan 22, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Have you guys closed up shop?
2 Riley // Feb 3, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I have been thinking about this quote for a while.
It is very thought provoking, and in some respects, states the obvious.
But what if it is not the obvious effect that is truly taking place? What if it is the beginning signs of the exploitation of North Korean citizens as cheap labour. A show case of an emerging workforce that has, to date, remained untapped for the multi-national corporation to exploit.
Hmmm, just a random thought…
3 James Turnbull // Feb 27, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Like Richardson already asked, have you?
4 joeching // Aug 26, 2010 at 4:38 am
north koreans should be invited to help build the tokyo-seul-pyongyang-shanghai super-expressway. then north korea would not be instantly lifted out of her impoverished state, but also become the rallying center against america’s century war against asia.
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