If you think you have repeated the summit meeting, provoking with missiles. North Korea ’s aim is difficult to read. However, experts agree that a system without a change of government will have a strategy of more than 10 years. One part of this was asked by North Korean officials familiar with economic policies. The keywords are rare earth and Japan. (Seoul = Kamiya Kaoru)
Japan-North Korea negotiation card?
The official said, “North Korea is a rare earth power. It is indispensable for Japanese industry. Japan has abundant funds and should invest.”
Rare earth is a mineral resource used in high-tech products. Although the output is small, it is indispensable for the manufacture of electric cars and smartphones and is called “industrial vitamin”. It is also used for missile precision guidance devices and fighter parts.
China accounts for 70% of global production, but North Korea is said to have abundant reserves. The prerequisite for development is the denuclearization of North Korea and the cancellation of economic sanctions. The possibility of realization is low at this time.
But officials rare earth ...