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North Korean defectors struggle to 'make money without money'
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Choe Sang-Hun
International Herald Tribune
04-15-2005
In Seoul's upmarket Sinchon district, a testing ground for South Korean trends and tastes, Jong Su Ban, a defector from the famine-stricken North Korea, is building an entrepreneur's dream with a new product: lean North Korean snacks for image-conscious South Korean consumers.Jong's take-out restaurant, which he hopes will grow into a nationwide franchise, is not his only enterprise. Since his arrival in South Korea in 2000, he has acquired eight patents, even though none of his inventions was a commercial success and one nearly drove him ...
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