Comments on: Call me when the Unification Ministry gets a friggin’ clue.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 07 Oct 2003 05:41:35 +0000

Well, I’m in the Bay Area, and have not word one peep about the Norks. The lesson here is that future dictatorships may wish to add the words “Democratic” and “People” for PR purposes.

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By: The Marmot

The Marmot — Sat, 04 Oct 2003 02:16:29 +0000

Hey, when you got a place at shitty to invest in as North Korea, you gotta pull out all the stops.

Of course, this still leaves open the question as to why you’d want to sell the place as a target of investment in the first place.

By: Zhang Fei

Zhang Fei — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 11:38:17 +0000

minimum monthly wage for workers there at $50 based on a 48-hour week

These guys are on serious drugs. It is possible to hire Chinese workers who work a 66-hour week (11 hours a day, 6 days a week) for about $50 a month. And these are locations within an hour’s drive of Hong Kong. Perhaps this is South Korea’s master plan - rebuild the North by subsidizing production there.