North Koreans talk rice

28 July 2011
The Phnom Penh Post
Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Rice / Trade
Aluminum / Beans / Bilateral agreements / Cambodia / Corn / Democratic People’s Republic of Korea / DPRK / European Commission / gold / Iron / Kim Il Sung / King Norodom Sihanouk / Mineral Resources / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / North Korea / officials / Ouch Borith / Ouch Borth / Phnom Penh / Ri Myong San / rice / Secretary of State / Small-scale hydroelectric dams / Starvation

North Korea aims to import rice from Cambodia, as well as explore for mineral resources, officials said yesterday. High-ranking officials from Pyongyang met with their Cambodian counterparts in Phnom Penh yesterday, signing agreements on economic and trade cooperation.The two countries had signed seven cooperation agreements beginning in 1993, but they were never implemented, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Secretary of State Ouch Borith following meetings.

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