in starving people to death.
Link is to a story that includes photos/video smuggled out of N Korea.
Ironically i was just browsing through a North Korean brochure promoting their products and trying to attract foreign investors. I’ll provide a link but first a warning: this website caused my browser (Firefox) to freeze two times so be careful! http://www.korea-dpr.com/business.htm
Interesting to observe the language of the article.
"The well-fed Kim Jong-un could soon be ruling over a nation of starving, impoverished serfs."
“But this dynasty of dictators has proven that it is more than capable of keeping its wretched population in line through gulags, hunger and a total control over every aspect of life.”
Would ABC (Australian version of the BBC?) speak in this way about stuff going on in say Bahrein?
From the site: "The DPR of Korea (North Korea) will become in the next years the most important hub for trading in North-East Asia. – Really? There must not be anything else in North-East Asia. OOohhh i get it…
Lowest labour cost in Asia.
Highly qualified, loyal and motivated personnel. Education, housing and health service is provided free to all citizens. As opposed to other Asian countries, worker’s will not abandon their positions for higher salaries once they are trained.
Lowest taxes scheme in Asia. Especially for high-tech factories. Typical tax exemption for the first two years.
No middle agents. All business made directly with the government, state-owned companies. No middle agents.
Stable. A government with solid security and very stable political system, without corruption.
Full diplomatic relations with most EU members and rest of countries.
New market. Many areas of business and exclusive distribution of products (sole-distribution).
Transparant legal work. Legal procedures, intellectual rights, patents and warranties for investors settled.
Wait a minute… how can you have taxation in a system where everything and everybody is already owned by the government? Or is it just on foreign businesses?
For all our horror, there’s no denying that NK has shown an incredible resilience to change. Now that they have nukes, a military solution is no longer on the table. So what could the south do to put an end to all this? Is there anything that can be done form the outside? Perhaps organize a bloodless rebellion of generals, now that a change of leadership is imminent?