North Korea does not have about 1/6 of the world's population
North Korea does not represent the potential to be among our top three trading partners
North Korea is not an economically independent entity
North Korea will not gradually relinquish the cultural and political stranglehold on everyone within its borders
North Korea does not have the capacity to penetrate every country in the third world, buy up their raw materials cheaply, do some token building up of their infrastructure, and then cleverly saddle them with unrepayable debts that leave them beholden to North Korea for decades.
North Korea does not have a space program that rivals ours, and can compete with it, and nor do they have the potential to develop one.
In fact, the one thing North Korea DOES have the potential to offer is tourism of all kinds. Wellness tourism cheap. Medical tourism cheap. And, of course, lot of unspoiled (so far) beach and mountain areas that could be turned into posh resorts the locals could work in but never afford to stay at (à la Cuba). Come to think of it, that last might be of interest to anyone who builds and maintains posh resorts. Do you know anyone who fits that description?
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