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“To be frank with you, I come back very impressed,” Dr Balakrishnan said to Singapore media on Saturday in Beijing, where he made a brief stopover after flying from Pyongyang in the morning.
“Frankly, my views have also altered based on what I saw, heard, and (after I had) spoken to people,” he said, sharing his reflections on North Korea. “Clearly, the government has been hard at work all these decades to upgrade their infrastructure."
Dr Balakrishnan also said he saw beyond the hardware in North Korea.
“I also got to experience the rugged, disciplined, determined, self-reliant society,” he said. “They know they have had enormous challenges for well-nigh a century in North Korea. But they are proud of themselves and of their identity, and I can see there is that determination to move on, get ahead and to progress."
“So the society itself is a very impressive society and a city in its own right,” he added.
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Posted on :- 6 Jun 2018
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
If N Korea successfully denuke and concentrate on Economic Development - N Korea has very wide and deep potential.
Just look at their
(1) missile development and nuclear technology,
(2) their own smartphone and telecomm development,
(3) their army assets
(4) their cyber and IT capabilities
--- they are doing all these with their internal resources with very little help.
Their human resources, big country, rich material resources --- will have very deep and wide potential for economic development if they open up and concentrate on Economic development.
In short and medium term - they can be like Vietnam economic development - and contribute substantially to Asia Pacific and Global Economy.
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“Frankly, my views have also altered based on what I saw, heard, and (after I had) spoken to people,” he said, sharing his reflections on North Korea. “Clearly, the government has been hard at work all these decades to upgrade their infrastructure."
Dr Balakrishnan also said he saw beyond the hardware in North Korea.
“I also got to experience the rugged, disciplined, determined, self-reliant society,” he said. “They know they have had enormous challenges for well-nigh a century in North Korea. But they are proud of themselves and of their identity, and I can see there is that determination to move on, get ahead and to progress."
“So the society itself is a very impressive society and a city in its own right,” he added.
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Posted on :- 6 Jun 2018
Ricky Lim ·
Singapore
If N Korea successfully denuke and concentrate on Economic Development - N Korea has very wide and deep potential.
Just look at their
(1) missile development and nuclear technology,
(2) their own smartphone and telecomm development,
(3) their army assets
(4) their cyber and IT capabilities
--- they are doing all these with their internal resources with very little help.
Their human resources, big country, rich material resources --- will have very deep and wide potential for economic development if they open up and concentrate on Economic development.
In short and medium term - they can be like Vietnam economic development - and contribute substantially to Asia Pacific and Global Economy.
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