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1、CanNorthKoreaBeSafeforBusiness?Fewinvestorscanboasttheone-of-a-kindglobalpedigreeofFelixAbt.Since2002,theSwissbusinessmanhasfoundhiscallingasapointmanforWesterninvestmentsin-ofallplaces-NorthKorea,wherehehelpedfoundthePyongyang平壤BusinessSchoolin2004.He
2、alsopresidedover主持theEuropeanBusinessAssociationinPyongyang,agroupinthecapitalthatactsasadefacto实际的chamberofcommerce.Afewyearsago,thatpositionledhimtohelpsetupthefirst“EuropeanBooth”featuringaround20EuropeancompanieseachyearatthePyongyangSpringInternat
3、ionalTradeFair,anannualgatheringof270foreignandNorthKoreancompaniescurrentlyunderwayinthehermitkingdomuntilThursday.YetAbt,55,wholivesinVietnamandthereforewon’tbeattendingthetradefairthisyear,lamentsthegiantcloudhangingoverthecountry:inrecentyears,poli
4、ticalturmoilonthepeninsulahasraisedthestakesevenfurtherfordoingbusinessinNorthKorea-evenforthecountry’smainpatron,China.Thoughinvestorshavealwaysfacedtheprospectofsanctions制裁,hesays,thesituationhasworsenedaftertheUnitedStatesratchetedupsanctionsonthego
5、vernmentin2006onallegationsthatitwascounterfeitingU.S.dollars.Andin2006and2009theKimJong-il金正日regimetestedtwosmallnuclearbombs,promptingheaviersanctionsfromtheUnitedNationsin2006.Recently,tensionswithSeoulhavespikedovertheMarchsinkingofaSouthKoreancorv
6、etteinwatersneartheNorth.ThosemeasureshithomeforAbt.WhilehewasrunningapharmaceuticalcompanyinPyongyangcalledPyongsuinthemid-2000s,helearnedthattheU.N.SecurityCouncilhadimposedsanctionsoncertainchemicals-amovethatcouldhaveforcedhimtocompletelystopmanufa
7、cturingmedicine.Thankfully,headds,hehadalreadysecuredalargestockofthesubstancebeforehand.“Whateverbusinessyouareinvolvedin,”hesays,“somedayyoumayfindoutthatsomeproductorevenatinybutunavoidablecomponentisbannedbyaU.S.orU.N.sanctionsbecauseitcan,forexamp
8、le,alsobeusedformilitarypurposes.”Thosedilemmashaven’tstoppedAbt.In2007,heco-foundedaninformationtechnologyfirminPyongyangcalledNosotek,whose50orsoemployeesdesignsoftwareapplicationsfortheiPhoneandFacebook.Theventurehasalreadyseenitssha
