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Rason – Economic Chances and Natural Treasure of Korea

A new article in KORUM (Korea Unternehmen Märkte), the monthly journal of the German-Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (no. 77/ October 2018) written by Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Representative of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, deals with the th Rason International Trade Exhibition and the prospects for change in Rason, the North Korean special economic zone bordering China and Russia.

KORUM no. 77/ October 2018

KORUM no. 77/ October 2018

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A new article in KORUM (Korea Unternehmen Märkte), the monthly journal of the German-Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (no. 77/ October 2018) written by Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Representative of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea, deals with the th Rason International Trade Exhibition and the prospects for change in Rason, the North Korean special economic zone bordering China and Russia. While political conditions for opening, in particular the solution of the nuclear crisis and subsequent sanctions, have still to be matched, on the ground already a lot of incremental change towards a more market-based economy can be observed. Rason is also a natural treasure of Korea: Hanns-Seidel-Foundation helped to designate one of only two Ramsar sites, i.e. wetlands of international importance, in Rason.

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