Posted on 05/15/2018 6:35:26 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A delegation of Workers’ Party Central Committee senior officials traveled from Pyongyang to Beijing Monday to learn from China’s economic reforms. Their visit follows diplomatic warming between North Korea and China following recent back-to-back summits by their leaders
The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday that Pak Thae-song, a vice chairman of the Central Committee, led the delegation to China for a friendly visit without further elaborating.
The delegation was greeted by a Chinese Communist Party official and North Korea’s ambassador to China upon arrival at the Beijing International Airport Monday. They headed to Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where foreign dignitaries often stay. They also visited Zhongguancun in Beijing, known to be “China’s Silicon Valley,” which North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited in late March.
A source familiar with North Korea affairs said that “observing China’s socialist economic system and exchanging experience about ruling the state was an important goal of the Workers’ Party officials’ visit. They want to learn from China’s experience in maintaining a strong one-party Communist system while carrying out economic reform.”
Lu Kang, spokesman of the Chinese foreign ministry, confirmed in a briefing Tuesday that the delegation’s visit kicked off the previous day on the invitation of its Communist Party’s International Liaison Department. Lu added that the North Korean officials visited to “observe economy building and reform in China” and that the two parties also shared experiences on ruling the state.
The previous day, Lu said the two countries “maintain normal exchanges” but did not confirm the visit. North Korea is scheduled to hold a summit with the United States next month and, taking into consideration that the meeting goes well, appears to be eying the prospects of an easing of sanctions and steps to develop its economy.
The North’s Workers’ Party delegation is expected to observe provincial and city governments and discuss economic cooperation with Chinese officials and return to Pyongyang on May 24. Pak is considered to be a key aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and is said to be in charge of science, technology and education policies for the party.
Other members of the delegation include Ryu Myong-son, a department deputy director of the Central Committee, Kim Nung-o, chairman of the North Pyongan Workers’ Party Central Committee, and Kim Su-kil, chairman of the Pyongyang City Committee of the Workers’ Party.
Their visit follows North Korean leader Kim’s second trip to China in less than two months last week. Kim and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their second summit in Dalian, China’s easternmost port city. Amid easing of diplomatic tensions following their first summit in late March, earlier this month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Pyongyang. It was the first time a Chinese top envoy visited North Korea in 11 years.
It was reported that the North Korean officials also would brief Beijing officials about U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Pyongyang last week.
8-10 years, since they have us, the South Koreans, China, Taiwan and Europe helping them. Maybe even quicker. East Asians are generally very smart, industrious, teamwork-oriented and inventive.
Yes and no. South Korea would not be the powerhouse it is today without them, but have they crushed smaller companies? Sure.
I guess what I was asking is whether ‘Chobal’ meant ‘family’ or did it mean ‘connected’ . . .
Back in the 80’s I was selling stuff to Korean contractors in Saudi Arabia. Their inspectors all lived in Elizabeth NJ, all in the office in the same apartment. They got the flu and nearly wiped the office out. but I digress.
The main guy, an engineer, couldn’t speak English. They provided him with an interpreter who was at best 19. He told me he was in the Navy literally swabbing decks and he was yanked off the ship and on a plane to New York before he could tell his girl friend or family. He was bright and could read write and speak good english. He didn’t much like his companion and he and I got along well.
He was traveling all over America and enjoying it mightily
The show Misaeng on NETFLIX is a great look inside a chabol. It is like Mad Men in presentation of characters but is fantastic in the description of business competition on an internal company level and externally throughout the world.
The isolationist anti business types here would do well to watch it for the simple purpose of learning the competitive challenges American companies face every day.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4240730/
I might just go watch it again
Thank you so much!
Tweaking words of a notable country singer
“I love FR.” (I love this bar)
I don’t think we know half of what went on in NK. If the CIA was behind why NK was so retarded, then who knows what should have happened.
So hard to say right now. It appears that both parties really didn’t want peace in the ME, peace in NK, or a solution to the massive, idiotic, immigration problem they created.
They are visiting the wrong country. They should emulate Chile and send their young men and women to the University of Chicago and then have them work for American corporations for a few years. Emulate the successes of capitalism, not the weird hybrid of communism/capitalism in China. Trump should work towards that goal as a way of accelerating their integration into the global economy.
I expect they will keep the army intact for that reason alone. We’re not talkin full reunification yet (that could take decades). Baby steps.
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