BUILDING BRIDGES TO HELP NORTH KOREA MOVE IN FROM THE COLD…...

BUILDING BRIDGES TO HELP NORTH KOREA MOVE IN FROM THE COLD…

The Vice Chairman of North Korea’s Chamber of Commerce, Ri Song Un, and the President of the European Business Association in Pyongyang, Felix Abt meet in North Korea’s capital.

The DPRK Chamber of Commerce was founded on August 25, 2004. Its predecessor, the Pyongyang Chamber of Commerce had been inaugurated on March 1, 2000 and became an associate member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), headquartered in Paris, France, in May 2000. The ICC (www.iccwbo.org) is the world’s largest, most representative business organization.

The European Business Association was founded on April 28, 2005 by the 12 resident foreign business people representing European businesses in North Korea, who elected Felix Abt as president.

Ri Song Un and Felix Abt’s meeting, as senior representatives of their organisations and with the active support of both, was to reach agreement on how best to foster closer cooperation between European and North Korean enterprises and so develop more business opportunities for the two groups.

To find out more about the European and North Korean bridge builders, read Felix’s book “A Capitalist in North Korea: My Seven Years in the Hermit Kingdom” http://www.amazon.com/Capitalist-North-Korea-Hermit-Kingdom/dp/0804844399/ref=sr_1_16?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389673356&sr=1-16&keywords=north+korea