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Why an unprecedented mass defection could be a sign of instability in North Korea | |
2016-04-10 | |
1. Sanctions are undoing the regime’s financial bindings; | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#5 And in other NORK news... North Korean ships with corpses on board have been washing ashore in Japan |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-04-10 16:30 |
#4 The fall of the Eastern Bloc started with mass migrations to the West. |
Posted by: Iblis 2016-04-10 15:41 |
#3 ed, My take on this - and I am but a Former Wing Wiper of Very Little Brain, so YMMV - is that twelve Norks aren't working together ANYWHERE outside their home borders without the specific knowledge and permission of the Nork gummint...and for a much more important reason than just making the best bulgogi in town. Mike |
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-04-10 12:32 |
#2 Sooo, all the employees of a Korean restaurant decide to take off together, and it's deemed a 'mass defection'. Somebody's playing word games here. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2016-04-10 08:46 |
#1 Here are some interesting facts about exports and imports of NORK: North Korea is the 126th largest export economy in the world. In 2013, North Korea exported $3.28B and imported $4.34B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $1.06B. The top exports of North Korea are Coal Briquettes ($1.25B), Iron Ore ($258M), Non-Knit Men's Coats ($131M), Non-Knit Women's Coats ($128M) and Refined Petroleum ($125M), using the 1992 revision of the HS (Harmonized System) classification. Its top imports are Crude Petroleum ($598M), Refined Petroleum ($201M), Delivery Trucks ($144M), Synthetic Filament Yarn Woven Fabric ($136M) and Rubber ($87.8M). The top export destinations of North Korea are China ($2.72B), the Netherlands ($120M), Brazil ($68.2M), Pakistan ($41.4M) and India ($31.6M). The top import origins are China ($3.62B), India ($238M), Russia ($103M), Thailand ($99M) and Singapore ($59.3M). These figures are from the OEC WEBSITE. The Netherlands as an importer is disturbing, but not really surprising. Norks are a big exporter of coal briquettes and iron ore to China. Without that big chunk of trade, the NORKS would be SOL. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-04-10 02:44 |