A department store, a gas station and even a brewery – these are just a few of the many projects North Korea has been pitching to foreign investors recently.
Apparently keen to shed its image as a socialist relic, the cash-strapped country has in recent months publicly wooed overseas investors with a flurry of individual investment opportunities across a range of industries. At the same time, it has greatly expanded its number of Special Economic Zones, where foreigners can benefit from reduced tax rates and 50-year land leases, from just six in 2013 to more than two-dozen this year.
A department store, a gas station and even a brewery – these are just a few of the many projects North Korea has been pitching to foreign investors recently.
Apparently keen to shed its image as a socialist relic, the cash-strapped country has in recent months publicly wooed overseas investors with a flurry of individual investment opportunities across a range of industries. At the same time, it has greatly expanded its number of Special Economic Zones, where foreigners can benefit from reduced tax rates and 50-year land leases, from just six in 2013 to more than two-dozen this year.
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