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Official North Korean government web page for business

25 points by resdirector 16y ago

jerguismi 16y ago
Wow. Are they serious with this? About the exports they claim to do, it would be pretty fun to own a north korean motorbike.
- nodata 16y ago
  If you call supporting a tyrannical regime fun..
  - randylahey 16y ago
    Uh, you mean like China?
    - eru 16y ago
      PR China is a dictatorship. There are no longer totalitarian, since Mao died.
      - mvalle 16y ago
        Totalitarian or not, it is still a tyrannical regime.
    - drinian 16y ago
      Although the rhetoric coming out of China still hearkens back to the bad old days of Mao, I can guarantee you that North Korea is a completely different world from China. I've been to both countries. Let me put it this way: choco pies [0] are considered bonus incentives in North Korean factories. And a lot of folks in the West don't seem to realize that there is quite a bit of international trade involving North Korea; there's a lot of countries that aren't so picky about whom they do business with. They clearly have capable engineers and scientists. The day I left Pyongyang on the public flight to Beijing, there was an unscheduled flight to Bangkok on the airport departure board. Heck, for that matter, they have software engineers who design cell phone games like "Big Lebowski Bowling." [1] And it's likely that the Simpsons is animated in part there. [2] [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Choco_Pie https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Choco_Pie [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-06/kim-jong-il-bowls-for-murdoch-dollars-with-video-games-made-in-north-korea.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-06/kim-jong-il-bowls-f... [2] http://www.korea-is-one.org/article.php3?id_article=1856 http://www.korea-is-one.org/article.php3?id_article=1856
mayanklahiri 16y ago
Wow that design really brought back memories of late-90s web design with the rounded image+text buttons. Too bad the site is incredibly slow. Here's a link to the cached "Travel" page: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.korea-dpr.com/travel.htm http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
tomjen3 16y ago
Lowest labour cost in Asia. Highly qualified, loyal and motivated personnel. worker's will not abandon their positions for higher salaries once they are trained. Lowest taxes scheme in Asia. Stable New market. Transparant legal work. Yeaa far slave labour, the most loyal workforce there ever was.
SteveArmstrong 16y ago
The "facts" on the reunification page are... interesting: http://www.korea-dpr.com/reunification.htm http://www.korea-dpr.com/reunification.htm It's so far out there, I become suspicious that this is a joke. But then, most of the news I hear from N. Korea falls into that category.
- estel 16y ago
  The site has been widely reported and officially confirmed elsewhere. But as you say, it's such a ridiculous country that it's likely impossible to parody in any meaningful way.
- notahacker 16y ago
  One of the things the internet allowing people to broadcast their messages free from editorial interference proves is that some people really are so "out there" as to render most attempts at parody redundant. See also godhatesfags.com and your average conspiracy theorist's home page.
funthree 16y ago
silkworm eggs and cocoons. Duck, chicken, ostrich products. Weapons and ammunition. Tobacco. Security systems, software. Handmade accordions and pianos Do I get a bundle discount?
jhamburger 16y ago
They have a link to "forum" but fittingly it's actually just a wordpress blog with all comments disabled.
woodpanel 16y ago
Makes you wonder: Will an investor be an unethical profiteer of slave-work or will he actually provide some sort of sanctuary since the people are usually obliged to harvest rocks? Besides, I think every investment there weakens this dictatorship in the long-run.
il 16y ago
Might be difficult to do business there, if you try to register for a business trip, you get this stern warning: "Articles not allowed in the DPRK: Video-Camera, Plants, animals, drugs, explosives, weapons, any kind of pornography, mass printed propaganda, radio, wireless or satellite communicator (GPS), PDA phone, mobile phone (can be left at airport locker)."
korussian 16y ago
I tried to access it here from South Korea. Got the Korean Police warning page. No go.
guiseppecalzone 16y ago
"The DPR of Korea (North Korea) will become in the next years the most important hub for trading in North-East Asia."

25 points by resdirector 16y ago

Wow. Are they serious with this? About the exports they claim to do, it would be pretty fun to own a north korean motorbike.

nodata 16y ago
If you call supporting a tyrannical regime fun..
- randylahey 16y ago
  Uh, you mean like China?
  - eru 16y ago
    PR China is a dictatorship. There are no longer totalitarian, since Mao died.
    - mvalle 16y ago
      Totalitarian or not, it is still a tyrannical regime.
  - drinian 16y ago
    Although the rhetoric coming out of China still hearkens back to the bad old days of Mao, I can guarantee you that North Korea is a completely different world from China. I've been to both countries. Let me put it this way: choco pies [0] are considered bonus incentives in North Korean factories. And a lot of folks in the West don't seem to realize that there is quite a bit of international trade involving North Korea; there's a lot of countries that aren't so picky about whom they do business with. They clearly have capable engineers and scientists. The day I left Pyongyang on the public flight to Beijing, there was an unscheduled flight to Bangkok on the airport departure board. Heck, for that matter, they have software engineers who design cell phone games like "Big Lebowski Bowling." [1] And it's likely that the Simpsons is animated in part there. [2] [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Choco_Pie https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Choco_Pie [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-06/kim-jong-il-bowls-for-murdoch-dollars-with-video-games-made-in-north-korea.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-06/kim-jong-il-bowls-f... [2] http://www.korea-is-one.org/article.php3?id_article=1856 http://www.korea-is-one.org/article.php3?id_article=1856

mayanklahiri 16y ago

Wow that design really brought back memories of late-90s web design with the rounded image+text buttons. Too bad the site is incredibly slow. Here's a link to the cached "Travel" page: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.korea-dpr.com/travel.htm http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

tomjen3 16y ago

Lowest labour cost in Asia. Highly qualified, loyal and motivated personnel. worker's will not abandon their positions for higher salaries once they are trained. Lowest taxes scheme in Asia. Stable New market. Transparant legal work. Yeaa far slave labour, the most loyal workforce there ever was.

SteveArmstrong 16y ago

The "facts" on the reunification page are... interesting: http://www.korea-dpr.com/reunification.htm http://www.korea-dpr.com/reunification.htm It's so far out there, I become suspicious that this is a joke. But then, most of the news I hear from N. Korea falls into that category.

estel 16y ago
The site has been widely reported and officially confirmed elsewhere. But as you say, it's such a ridiculous country that it's likely impossible to parody in any meaningful way.
notahacker 16y ago
One of the things the internet allowing people to broadcast their messages free from editorial interference proves is that some people really are so "out there" as to render most attempts at parody redundant. See also godhatesfags.com and your average conspiracy theorist's home page.

funthree 16y ago

silkworm eggs and cocoons. Duck, chicken, ostrich products. Weapons and ammunition. Tobacco. Security systems, software. Handmade accordions and pianos Do I get a bundle discount?

jhamburger 16y ago

They have a link to "forum" but fittingly it's actually just a wordpress blog with all comments disabled.

woodpanel 16y ago

Makes you wonder: Will an investor be an unethical profiteer of slave-work or will he actually provide some sort of sanctuary since the people are usually obliged to harvest rocks? Besides, I think every investment there weakens this dictatorship in the long-run.

il 16y ago

Might be difficult to do business there, if you try to register for a business trip, you get this stern warning: "Articles not allowed in the DPRK: Video-Camera, Plants, animals, drugs, explosives, weapons, any kind of pornography, mass printed propaganda, radio, wireless or satellite communicator (GPS), PDA phone, mobile phone (can be left at airport locker)."

korussian 16y ago

I tried to access it here from South Korea. Got the Korean Police warning page. No go.

guiseppecalzone 16y ago

"The DPR of Korea (North Korea) will become in the next years the most important hub for trading in North-East Asia."