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15 surprising ways North Korea could become rich
love money ^ | June 18, 2018

Posted on 06/18/2018 6:27:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hard-up North Korea has so much to gain from denuclearising and becoming part of the civilised world. The hermit kingdom was actually wealthier than the now-affluent South before the Korean War, and is blessed with everything from abundant mineral resources and oil reserves to fertile agricultural land and stunning tourist-friendly beaches, as noted by President Trump. With this in mind, here are 15 industries that could make North Korea very rich indeed.

Tourism

During their historic summit in Singapore this month, President Trump showed Kim Jong-un a video extolling the virtues of tourism. “They have great beaches,” President Trump told journalists. “You see that whenever they're exploding their cannons into the ocean. I said, 'Boy, look at that view. Wouldn't that make a great condo?'"

North Korea does indeed boast world-class virgin beaches that are ripe for tourism development, and could well rival the South, which has a thriving industry – the tourism sector contributed a bumper $55.3 billion (£41.4bn) to the South Korean economy in 2017....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: economy; korea; minerals; northkorea; television
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1 posted on 06/18/2018 6:27:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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"The hermit kingdom was actually wealthier than the now-affluent South before the Korean War"

Just like Cuba before Castro. Left-wingers destroy everything they touch.

2 posted on 06/18/2018 6:30:59 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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See the Gaza Strip as another example.


3 posted on 06/18/2018 6:32:26 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

#16 Forced labor camps to help wealthy tourists lose weight.


4 posted on 06/18/2018 6:33:14 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They aren’t religious extremist like Iran and money is hard to resist. The hardliners don’t care about the money. Interesting conundrum.


5 posted on 06/18/2018 6:34:08 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

The South doesn’t have mineral treasure, their growth is from entrepreneurship and brain-power/hard work.


6 posted on 06/18/2018 6:37:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Rare Earth Minerals.

They got’em. We need ‘em.


7 posted on 06/18/2018 6:37:45 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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They have a huge hollowed out mountain from nuke testing. That would make a nice dumpsite for nuclear waste materials that are piling up here in the USA. They take it off our hands, we pay them, a win-win situation.


8 posted on 06/18/2018 6:48:31 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Just like Cuba before Castro. Left-wingers destroy everything they touch.

Venezuela. Zimbabwe. Socialism/Communism destroys everything it touches. But our schools teach that Capitalism is evil.

9 posted on 06/18/2018 6:52:25 PM PDT by FatherofFive (deIslam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“They have great beaches”

charlie don’t surf?


10 posted on 06/18/2018 6:59:54 PM PDT by logitech
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To: Redcitizen

Now there’s an idea worth looking into.


11 posted on 06/18/2018 7:02:23 PM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: logitech

Their beaches seem a bit far north...


12 posted on 06/18/2018 7:02:33 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: roadcat

Jeebus, think before posting.


13 posted on 06/18/2018 7:03:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

#17 - Sell Hillary’s emails (I figure every foreign entity must have a copy. They might as well sell them to get some needed dinero),


14 posted on 06/18/2018 7:04:06 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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Ski resorts. Norkland has plenty of cold.


15 posted on 06/18/2018 7:05:42 PM PDT by Pelham (California, Mexico's socialist colony)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Market their weight loss program?


16 posted on 06/18/2018 7:08:05 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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I was surprised at the weather——for some reason I had it in my head that it was cold.

I got a kick out of the film industry——my DIL’s mother loves Korean soaps.

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17 posted on 06/18/2018 7:08:22 PM PDT by Mears
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Peopl of Korea have beautiful teeth because of the prevalence of fluorapatite mineral enrichment of the water there, I have been told. So one of the wealth-building products would be HF acid, so necessary for the manufacture of semiconductors.

They also ought to be able to support some fine ski resorts for both local (secondary) and global (primary) tourist income.

South Korea does produce fine strawberries and the excellent Asian pears, which should also bring in foreign exchange if the northern provinces also get into exportable agricultural products.

Of course, on of the biggest income-producing products would be fertilizer, always needed by the Far East for intensive farming.

18 posted on 06/18/2018 7:09:59 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: Vermont Lt

Every family in North Korea gets 5lbs of meat per week, modern medicine, a basic car, a monthly bag of rice and sufficient cabbage for kimchi and we get 60% of the minerals. Deal?


19 posted on 06/18/2018 7:11:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Mears

I witnessed two cold Korean winters but I had been living in Iowa for four years so it wasn’t too different.


20 posted on 06/18/2018 7:13:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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