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| Korea |
| International Scientific Symposium on Potato Held |
| 2003-09-29 |
| Looks like it was a couple of exciting days in Pyongyang... An international scientific symposium on potato took place in Pyongyang from Sept. 24 to 26. Present at the symposium were delegations and delegates of the DPRK, international organizations and foreign countries, the resident coordinator of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the UN resident coordinator who is deputy resident representative of the UNDP and officials of international organizations and foreign embassies.The symposium was attended by Minister of Agriculture Ri Kyong Sik, officials concerned and agricultural scientists, technicians and experts. Hey! Let’s all go to Pyonyang and talk about the potato! Guess Vegas was all booked up. Kye Yong Sam, president of the Academy of Agricultural Science, in his opening address expressed thanks to the Bureau for Development and Cooperation of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs for its sincere assistance and aid to the successful symposium. Now all they gotta do is figure out how to grow them. Minister of Agriculture Ri Kyong Sik in his congratulatory speech referred to the fact that leader Kim Jong Il kindled the flame of revolution in potato farming and wisely led it, thus bringing about a turn in the potato farming of the DPRK. Is there anything the man can’t do?! Ueli Muller, resident coordinator of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in the DPRK, in his speech hoped that the international scientific symposium on potato would help make progress in the cultivation of potato and develop agricultural cooperation and friendship among countries. Speeches were made under the titles "The present condition and prospect of potato cultivation in our country" My guess? Not too good and "The study and production of potato in the world " My guess? A lot better then North Korea. and on the subject of the establishment of the production system based on virus-free potato seeds, the study and production of potato in different countries, achievements in introducing comprehensive mechanization into potato production and the basic study of potato and training of potato researchers. Wonder if they figured out a way to smuggle heroin in them. The participants widely exchanged achievements and experience gained in scientific researches into potato during the symposium. Potato War Stories. Sounds fascinating... A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the symposium. As always, a must do. A memorandum on the successful symposium was adopted. ...and the world was changed forever. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 I suppose they only grow the red ones! Kimmie better watch his spelling -- look what happened to Dan Quayle! Anybody nervous in Boise? |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-9-29 4:32:16 PM |
| #2 Maybe we could teach them how to make 'Freedom Fries' |
| Posted by: ----------<<<<- 2003-9-29 2:17:03 PM |
| #1 I've always been suspious of the fact we've never seen Mr Potato Head and Kim Jong Il at the same time. Could it be that one of our favorite childhood toys is in fact the leader of North Korea? |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-9-29 1:32:57 PM |