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highplainsdem

(49,001 posts)
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:11 AM Oct 2019

US proposed helping North Korea build tourist area amid nuclear talks: report

Source: The Hill

The U.S. reportedly offered a long-term plan to help North Korea build a tourist area in its country as part of denuclearization talks in Stockholm earlier this month.

South Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo reported Saturday that the U.S. proposed plans for developing the Kalma area, though didn't say how the North Korean delegation responded to the proposal, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg noted that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been trying to get a resort project completed in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal area for some time.

North Korean politician Pak Pong Ju reportedly visited the area in August to encourage workers to make the area “a scenic spot” on the east coast.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/policy-strategy/466567-us-proposed-helping-north-korea-build-tourist-area-amid

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US proposed helping North Korea build tourist area amid nuclear talks: report (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2019 OP
trump tower NK. and prolly the only reason dipshit was involved at all. n/t 5X Oct 2019 #1
What do you want to bet that it would be anchored around a not_the_one Oct 2019 #2
Maybe put up a NK tRump tower and hold the G7 there? Canoe52 Oct 2019 #3
Wouldn't it be nice if we could just "get along" with NK? flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #19
Complete with Bed Bugs.... SergeStorms Oct 2019 #23
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2019 #4
Not exactly my dream destination. Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #5
Because of course he did. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #6
I doubt the Us is the only country that warns AGAINST going to NK karynnj Oct 2019 #7
A fucking trump tower In NK. gay texan Oct 2019 #8
What? North Korea As A Destination Vacation? Me. Oct 2019 #9
On Trump's second trip to North Korea, he was discussing how beautiful NK's beaches were and that politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2019 #16
Any American Who Goes To NK Is Taking His Life In His Hands Me. Oct 2019 #18
This is just another of many US miscalculations soryang Oct 2019 #10
This was probably just a trump fantasy, floating nebulously in his VAST brain. not_the_one Oct 2019 #12
Fantasy is the right word soryang Oct 2019 #13
Thank for the link nt reACTIONary Oct 2019 #21
The Trump Organization was eager to help dalton99a Oct 2019 #11
The Trump North Korea Golf Resort? MineralMan Oct 2019 #14
Who in hell would choose a vacation in North Korea? greatauntoftriplets Oct 2019 #15
They need a Trump resort, and their problems will be over. NCjack Oct 2019 #17
I see others here had the first same thought as I did The Liberal Lion Oct 2019 #20
They should name it after Otto Warmbier IronLionZion Oct 2019 #22
K&R burrowowl Oct 2019 #24
 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
2. What do you want to bet that it would be anchored around a
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:16 AM
Oct 2019

TRUMP TOWER ?

I'm sure that would become THE new, hot spot tourist destination.

NOT!

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
23. Complete with Bed Bugs....
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 12:55 AM
Oct 2019

imported from Trump National Doral. The Bed Bugs have become the drawing card to Trump properties around the world!

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

karynnj

(59,504 posts)
7. I doubt the Us is the only country that warns AGAINST going to NK
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:36 AM
Oct 2019

The name - Otto Warmbier - somehow comes to mind.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
16. On Trump's second trip to North Korea, he was discussing how beautiful NK's beaches were and that
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 03:17 PM
Oct 2019

Kim should build some Condos along the coastline. L'il Kim just smiled and nodded and Trump said that he was serious.

It wouldn't surprise me to see a Trump Tower on the North Korean peninsula in the near future. I wouldn't stay there, nor would i even visit there, but I'm sure if Trump can find someone else to front the cost of building a highrise on the NK peninsula and put Trump's name on it, it will happen.

Of course I'd imagine that the South Korean peninsula coastline would probably be just as scenic and beautiful, and you wouldn't have to be concerned with the nutjob neighbor on the other side of the fence.

soryang

(3,299 posts)
10. This is just another of many US miscalculations
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 12:13 PM
Oct 2019

I've looked at some of the reports of what was offered in the working level meeting at Stockholm and they're not very clear. The reports seem to originate from a Japanese source, which was then translated and reported in a Korean newspaper, and then reported in English. In included some of the same nonstarters that were in Bolton's stillborn proposal in Hanoi.

I won't bother repeating them. The offer as described was amateurish, and if it was representative of the quality of preparation by Stephen Biegun for the meeting it was a serious disappointment. In fact it was so amateurish, it was hard to believe the report was accurate but sadly it probably was. The issue is and always has been the nature of the negotiating process and how it will go forward. The US cannot get John Bolton's defective "one bundle" approach out of his head.

The idea that North Korea is interested in having the US develop its economy is absurd. In fact, I'd suggest it's the last thing they want. The South Koreans and Chinese have been asking the US to get out of the way of their economic projects in North Korea for years.

Finally the State Department didn't "refute" anything. They rebutted the North Korean assertions with vague assertions. That's fine, I don't expect real diplomacy to be negotiated in the media.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
12. This was probably just a trump fantasy, floating nebulously in his VAST brain.
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 12:29 PM
Oct 2019

Much like the trump version of the "taco bell stand on every corner"...

It is brilliant, stable, and GENIUS. Just ask him.

"He" don't need no stinkin' planning. (poor grammar intended)

soryang

(3,299 posts)
13. Fantasy is the right word
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 12:39 PM
Oct 2019

American illusions about Asia are legend. The so called "loss of China;" the stalemated war in Korea; the debacle in Vietnam; the "trade war" with China... What's next?

38north.org has a new article up on John Bolton's role:

John Bolton’s Awful Legacy on North Korea
BY: DANIEL R. DEPETRIS
OCTOBER 17, 2019

https://www.38north.org/2019/10/depetris101719/

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
17. They need a Trump resort, and their problems will be over.
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 04:14 PM
Oct 2019

They don't need: agricultural and forestry management, consumer manufacturing, healthcare, and about 50 more activities. They need a Trump resort to bring in rich people to golf and gamble. And literally screw their poor women.

The Liberal Lion

(1,414 posts)
20. I see others here had the first same thought as I did
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 05:15 PM
Oct 2019

Namely that there would be a trump branded building at the center of this all.

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