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Giving the students a historical perspective on the division between North and South Korea, Eckert spoke about the limits of capitalism in North Korea. He then showed slides from his recent visit...
...North Korean government invited Eckert as well as other scholars and business executives from the U.S. to visit the free-trade zone in the northern part of the country this past April. The government plans to develop the province into an industrial zone...
...Eckert's trip to North Korea in April was his first, although he had been to South Korea in the late 1960s as part of the Peace Corps...
...trip in April] left a great impression that I am still trying to digest," said Eckert, who is also director of the Korea Institute at Harvard...
...Eckert said his slides depicted the "very grim, Stalinesque" atmosphere of the area, Eckert said. He also emphasized the lack of cultural and economic activity in the area...