Cambodia – North Korea ties still in the woods

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If international sanctions on North Korea are not removed, economic ties between Cambodia and North Korea will remain miniscule, which in turn affects the overall bilateral relationship, writes Chheang Vannarith. Cambodia is among the five Southeast Asian countries that have an embassy in Pyongyang. The bilateral relationship has fluctuated over time, due to three factors: leadership, economics, and geopolitics.

 

The late King Norodom Sihanouk and Kim Il-sung were the architects of the bilateral relationship after their first encounter at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Belgrade in 1961. The relationship flourished from 1965 to early 1990s, as both countries stood on the same side during the Cold War. The new coalition government in Cambodia, established after the UN-supervised general election in 1993, continued to maintain good relations with North Korea, with both sides signing an agreement to create the Cambodia-DPRK Joint Committee to strengthen bilateral ties.

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In the past, and before the imposition of the latest round of United Nations sanctions on North Korea, the relationship with Cambodia had helped Pyongyang maintain access to trade. In 1994, a privately-owned shipping company — the Cambodia Shipping Corporation — was the main vehicle for North Korea to do trade by using the Cambodian “flag of convenience”.

 

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An International infliction  that applies mostly to the common people. Those in control simply extract whatever  in sustainance.

The saving factor is that those  same people  are accustomed  to  being  regime  survivalists.

Maybe  eventually they will have the advantage if  nuclear holocaust is avoided.