A capitalist in North Korea : my seven years in the Hermit Kingdom / Felix Abt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abt, Felix, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Korea (North).

Capitalism.

Korea (North)--Civilization--21st century.

Korea (North).

Abt, Felix.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, Japan ; Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Business in North Korea: a paradoxical and fascinating situation is interpreted by a true insider.In 2002, the Swiss power company ABB appointed Felix Abt its country director for North Korea. The Swiss Entrepreneur lived and worked in North Korea for seven years, one of the few foreign businessmen there. After the experience, Abt felt compelled to write A Capitalist in North Korea to describe the multifaceted society he encountered. North Korea, at the time, was heavily sanctioned by the UN, which made it extremely difficult to do business. Yet, he discovered that it was a place where plasti

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface: On the Verge of Glasnost?; PART I; Chapter 1 Into the Heart of Darkness; Chapter 2 Malaise into Opportunity; Chapter 3 Look to the Party, Young Revolutionary, and Buy; Chapter 4 Healing the Great Leader's Children; Chapter 5 Same Bed, Different Dreams; Chapter 6 A Manchurian Candidate?; PART II; Chapter 7 Southerners, Yankees, and "Chinese Lips"; Chapter 8 Feeding the People; Chapter 9 Flowers of the Nation; Chapter 10 Nurturing Revolutionaries; Chapter 11 Coming and Going; Chapter 12 Partying, Pyongyang-Style; PART III; Chapter 13 The Price of Glory

Chapter 14 The Loss of InnocenceEpilogue: Winds of Change; Acknowledgments; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4629-1410-1