South Korean parliamentary speaker urges Vietnam to show N. Korea Economic reform

[VALKRYIE]

South Korean parliamentary speaker Chung Ui-hwa has asked Vietnam to show the reclusive North Korea ways of reforming and opening up, officials said on Thursday.

Chung met Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi Thursday and asked the head of state to invite North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and help the North "quickly become a normal state," according to the South Korean National Assembly officials accompanying Chung.


"North Korea should model itself after Vietnam and its successful 'Doi Moi' policy, and it's worrisome that it hasn't," Chung was quoted as saying, in reference to the reform movement in Vietnam. "I ask you to invite Kim Jong-un to Hanoi at the earliest date possible and if Kim has discussions (with President Sang), it will have a huge impact on helping uniting the Korean Peninsula into one nation of reconciliation and cooperation."


According to the National Assembly officials, Chung also said Kim Jong-un may be "future-oriented" because he is relatively young and was educated in Switzerland.

Chung also said he's considering meeting other senior North Korean officials, such as Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang, and Choe Tae-bok, the chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly.

In response, Sang recalled that Kim Yong-nam had visited Vietnam in 2012 and he "listened attentively" to the briefing on Vietnam's reforms, according to the South Korean officials.

The Vietnamese president also said his country "always welcomes" visits by North Korean leaders and the two sides have often talked about reforming and opening up.

Sang also called for patience on the South Koreans' part, because Vietnam too experienced difficulties early in its reform stage, and said North Korea must have its own set of ideas about economic development.

Also at the meeting, Chung and Sang reaffirmed the two countries' hopes to further elevate their "strategic cooperative partnership," the National Assembly officials said.

North Korea's per-capita GDP stood at US$854 as of 2013, the Hyundai Research Institute said Sunday, just 3.6 percent of South Korea's $23,838.

It is equivalent to South Korean figures in the 1970s and even below China's $6,569 and Vietnam's $1,896.

S. Korean parliamentary speaker asks Vietnam to show N. Korea reform ways

Less dependence on China.

 

[C130]

economic reform??

SK should know such things won't change NK for the better.

sunshine policy proved that.

Sunshine Policy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Nan Yang]

economic reform??

SK should know such things won't change NK for the better.

sunshine policy proved that.

Sunshine Policy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It all depends on United States. United States threatening policy towards North Korea is the root cause of North Korea nuclear policy and the tension in the Korea peninsular. Reducing tension is not in United States interest.

 

[C130]

It all depends on United States. United States threatening policy towards North Korea is the root cause of North Korea nuclear policy and the tension in the Korea peninsular. Reducing tension is not in United States interest.

U.S is the threat to NK and is the problem
I bet you think reunification is possible too

we are the good guys
we did nothing wrong. please leave us alone. we won't invade or nuke you promise

 

[Nan Yang]

U.S is the threat to NK and is the problem
I bet you think reunification is possible too

we are the good guys
we did nothing wrong. please leave us alone. we won't invade or nuke you promise

When have US ever said that. What you posted is exactly the assurance that N Korea have been requesting all along.

United states is not entirely innocent.

 

[Nike]

It's Chinese spoiled son, they should give a nice spanking to North Korea

 

[AViet]

Sorry, from my point of view, North Korea is far more developed than any South East Asian country, bar Singapore. So we are not in the position to judge them.

I lived in South Korea before and have been to the border area. I do not trust the Western media for their meaningless data. From any picture or video clip about North Korea, I'd see clean and well organized cities, well-developed railways system, highly developed military industry, healthy and strong people. The houses in countryside may be poor but are well-planned. North Korean sports are way ahead of any of South East Asian country. Their students performs even better than Vietnam or Singapore in PISA test or international math Olympiad.

Could you show me one city in South East Asia which is more well-planned, clean and highly developed than Pyongyang, bar Singapore. North Korean architects were even hired by Ceausescu, the former leader of Romania, to do urban planning for Bucharest, after he visited four Asian communist countries: Mongolia, China, North Vietnam and North Korea in 1971.

What else do you want for your country?. "Democracy"? to be like the Phillipines or India?

 

[70U63]

No one can change it except themselves...

 

[Raphael]

Less dependence on China.

I hope so too!

 

[Edison Chen]

Many times I've told some viet members, if N Korea reforms, they will beat you down like a dead dog. Don't ever feel superior to them.

 

[HRM YANG]

Many times I've told some viet members, if N Korea reforms, they will beat you down like a dead dog. Don't ever feel superior to them.

Once the Pyongyang spring is gonna happen, for China is catastrophic. Those dogs will incline to America even faster than U betrayed Ruzzea. Anther fort it will be , this time , for China.

 

[luoyue]

Many times I've told some viet members, if N Korea reforms, they will beat you down like a dead dog. Don't ever feel superior to them.

why N Korea will beat us ?

They did not followed PLA in 1979 in Sino Vietnam war. Kim Il Song said that "China is turncoat and our enemy", What does it means ?

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

why N Korea will beat us ?

He meant economically.
Koreans are well educated,strong willed and hardworking people,that's no secret.They will catch up and surpass VN in a heartbeat，stealing jobs and investments from VN，and eventually their dull-faced men will enjoy young Viet girls as their bride.
I ‘ll be worried if I were you.

 

[luoyue]

He meant economically.
Koreans are well educated,strong willed and hardworking people,that's no secret.They will catch up and surpass VN in a heartbeat，stealing jobs and investments from VN，and eventually their dull-faced men will enjoy young Viet girls as their bride.
I ‘ll be worried if I were you.

are yiu Chinese educated to say like that ?

 

[Battle of Bach Dang River]

why N Korea will beat us ?

They did not followed PLA in 1979 in Sino Vietnam war. Kim Il Song said that "China is turncoat and our enemy", What does it means ?

LOL So some chinese guys here are jumping up and down like monkeys