The Hyundai business group is currently operating a tour package to the North's Mount Kumgang, and the government hopes that this will lead to further South Korean and foreigninvestments, as well as to a reunion of families split up by the Korean War.
Arnott goes on to recommend buying a broadly diversified portfolio, one that includes domestic and foreign stocks and bonds, as well as alternative investments such as commodities and real estate.
It was a victory of sorts for coffee-growing families, but it did not bode well for foreign agricultural firms contemplating much-needed investments in the country.