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Although North Korea is rigidly communist, Kim said that Rajin-Sonbong will be a capitalist enclave.
CNN: Nowhere to Go But Up
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It has to be said, though, that the ports of Rajin-Sonbong are doing well.
ECONOMIST: It looks good, even with North Korea as a partner
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Since last year it has been a formal co-developer of Rajin-Sonbong (Rason) in North Korea's far north-east.
ECONOMIST: Letters
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Rajin-Sonbong (or Rason, for short) lies by the Sea of Japan in the country's north-east, near the border with Russia.
ECONOMIST: An opening for Chinese investment in a benighted country
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For all its potential, Rajin-Sonbong remains a pretty hard sell.
CNN: Nowhere to Go But Up
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Meanwhile China continues to invest in mines in North Korea and a potentially valuable docking facility in Rajin-Sonbong that gives it its first access to the Sea of Japan.
ECONOMIST: North Korea
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Rajin-Sonbong, North Korea's portion of the Tumen area, is a special economic zone sealed off from the rest of the country, but travel in and out by foreigners remains subject to the whims of the North's bureaucrats.
ECONOMIST: It looks good, even with North Korea as a partner
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Two years ago, China cracked down on cross-border gambling appealing to neighbouring countries to close down casinos, banning travel agents from offering gambling tours, restricting foreign visits by officials after one official allegedly embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars of government funds and gambled the money away at the casino in Rajin-Sonbong.
ECONOMIST: All the misery of Maoism with none of the redeeming features