A new book by a retired Japanese diplomat presents a rare look into the multilateral effort to build two light water reactors (LWRs) in North Korea, offering insightful details into the reality of working in the country but taking pains not to reveal anything of substance about why the project ultimately failed.
Sugiyama Takeshi was the first resident Japanese representative to the project in Kumho, South Hamgyong Province, living and working there from 1998 to 2000, and he details his experiences in “A Dimwitted Diplomat’s North Korean Journal: A Record of What I Saw and Heard in a Two-Year Stay in ‘Paradise.’”
A new book by a retired Japanese diplomat presents a rare look into the multilateral effort to build two light water reactors (LWRs) in North Korea, offering insightful details into the reality of working in the country but taking pains not to reveal anything of substance about why the project ultimately failed.
Sugiyama Takeshi was the first resident Japanese representative to the project in Kumho, South Hamgyong Province, living and working there from 1998 to 2000, and he details his experiences in “A Dimwitted Diplomat’s North Korean Journal: A Record of What I Saw and Heard in a Two-Year Stay in ‘Paradise.’”
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