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Kim Could Make North Korea Samsung's New Backyard
It’s an economy full of possibility.
North Korea could become the next Vietnam.
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It wouldn’t be hard for North Korea to become the next Vietnam, if only Kim Jong Un loosened up a bit.
North Korea today looks remarkably similar to the Southeast Asian nation in 1986, when its Communist neighbor undertook “Doi Moi” reforms to tiptoe toward capitalism. North Korea may have a head start, because it’s richer and more industrialized.