Come back in five years: Tumen River project.(the United Nations is coordinating, with North and South Korea, China, Russia, and Mongolia, a project to develop the Tumen River area)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: June 27, 1998 | Copyright information

VLADIVOSTOK

GLANCE at a map, and the strategic importance and economic potential of the Tumen delta is plain. Its ports give year-round access to Japan, North and South Korea and, beyond, to South-East Asia and the west coast of the Americas. Inland lies a region of rich natural resources, extensive farmland, huge markets and pockets of skilled labour. And all of it is linked to Europe by the Trans-Siberian railway. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reckons thi...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Come back in five years: Tumen River project.(the United Nations is coordinating, with North and South Korea, China, Russia, and Mongolia, a project to develop the Tumen River area)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US) ; VLADIVOSTOK GLANCE at a map, and the strategic importance and economic potential of the Tumen delta is plain. Its ports give year-round access to Japan, North and South Korea and, beyond, to South-East Asia and the west coast of the Americas. Inland lies a region of rich natural resources,
Soc: Facts and figures for South Korea v Turkey
AAP Sports News (Australia) ; 00-00-0000 Soc: Facts and figures for South Korea v Turkey YOKOHAMA, Japan, June 28 Reuters - Facts and figures ahead of Saturday's World Cup third place playoff between South Korea and Turkey: Match venue: Taegu, South Korea Match officals: Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait) Linesmen: Ali Al Traifi
Lessons from South Korea
New Straits Times ; Lessons from South Korea Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Editorial Memo: (STF) - South Korea's remarkable turnaround following the 1997 Asian financial crisis is the result of restructuring and reforms, reports the NATIONAL ECONOMIC ACTION COUNCIL. SOUTH Korea was basking in the glow of its
A win-win in South Korea
Oakland Tribune ; ON THURSDAY, the Bush administration announced the launch of talks aimed at a free-trade area with South Korea. From extreme poverty 40 years ago, South Korea has risen to be the 12th-largest economy in the world; if the negotiators succeed, they will create the biggest free-trade zone since the
Helping South Korea
The Washington Post ; THE UNITED States is right to back a financial rescue plan for South Korea but also right to insist on tough conditions -- what President Clinton termed a "strong agreement" with the International Monetary Fund. Helping the Koreans is in the interest of the U.S. economy, which would be seriously
Soc: Facts and figures for South Korea v Italy
AAP Sports News (Australia) ; 00-00-0000 Soc: Facts and figures for South Korea v Italy YOKOHAMA, Japan, June 17 Reuters - Facts and figures ahead of tomorrow's World Cup second-round match between South Korea and Italy: Match venue : Taejon, South Korea Match referee : Byron Moreno (Ecuador) Linesmen : Jorge Rattalino
ASEAN, SOUTH KOREA SIGN FREE-TRADE DEAL
The Manila Times ; SOUTH KOREA signed a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday but founding member Thailand was left out due to internal disagreements and objections to Seoul's barriers on farm products. "We have been able to sign a very liberalizing FTA" on goods, said
Starting over. (South Korea's automakers)
The Economist (US) ; AFTER a nasty collision on the road to becoming a world carmaking power, South Korea is repairing the damage and raring to have another go. The new route looks just as dangerous. South Korea's first bid to win a big slice of the world car market depended on the familiar strategy of first exporting
Quick, quick, quick.(South Korea)(economic development and democracy)
The Economist (US) ; THE factory visit is over; the beer is sinking in the glasses; after two hours of questioning, the visiting journalist can think of nothing more to ask. There is a silence. Then the South Korean factory boss decides it is his turn to ask something. Does this Englishman, he wonders, believe that by
The Frankenstein economy: that economic miracle has its darker sides.(South Korea)
The Economist (US) ; IN POLITICS, South Korea has been trying to undo Park Chung Hee's model since 1987, when military rule gave way to elected governments. In economics, the revolt against Park came straight after his death. But even though the tide turned 15 years ago, it has not yet erased Park's footprints. His