Sunday, June 17, 2012

US$60,000 for a beautiful North Korean bride...

According to Ming Pao’s report, North Korea has begun to export its beautiful brides to attract foreign investment. Transnational marriage is quite common now in a globalized world, but a relatively autocratic and closed country like North Korea still raises people’s eyebrow when it began to advocate “export of its beauties” to attract foreign investment.

North Korean Intellectuals Solidarity, a South Korean website often carries news about North Korea, reports, North Korean authorities has recently encouraged “transnational marriage” between North Korean beauties and executives of foreign enterprises in order to attract foreign investment into North Korea. The report says that a foreigner wanting to marry a North Korean beauty has to pay an amount equivalent to US$60,000 to North Korean authorities.

When the foreigner has made the payment, North Korean government will select an educated woman of appropriate age to marry the foreigner. The brides chosen are mostly beautiful young girls about the age of 20. South Korean experts say that it is entirely a honey-trap set by North Korean authorities to attract foreign investment. However, it also reflects North Korea’s dire economic situation. Full story...

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