When North Korea appears in mainstream media headlines, one of the last descriptors you’d expect to see is “tremendous opportunity.” And yet, now that the U.S. and North Korea have concluded an apparently successful summit in Singapore, that’s exactly the tact that some financial experts are taking. North Korea’s natural mineral wealth and a domestic economy essentially frozen since the 1950s could spark the next big wave of Asian investment. In an interview with CNBC, Mobius Capital Partners founder Mark Mobius said North Korea’s 25 million citizens could potentially represent a virtually untouched market that is roughly half the size…...
The Gem in the North: North Korea’s Untapped Mineral and Industrial Potential
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