Comments on: Kuwait funding DPRK water and sanitation projects

By: North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Waste management in the DPRK

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:44:13 +0000

[...] Kuwait was reported to be lending the DPRK $21m to update its water and sewage facilities. The indispensable Stalin Search engine has more on Kuwait and the DPRK. [...]

By: North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Last call at Kaesong…

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:25:45 +0000

[...] now? So while the DPRK chases away investment from the South, they solicit more from Kuwait and Singapore (where Chris Hill is due to stop by): North Korean Foreign Trade Minister Ri Ryong [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:18:11 +0000

Is it a little odd that monies are coming from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development? Is there no Kuwait Fund for International Development? Other than sheer altruism and generosity, the DPRK must have guaranteed some sort of mining or mineral rights to Kuwait.

By: ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 30NOV08

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 30NOV08 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:53:41 +0000

[...] in the world would the Kuwaiti government be giving a multi-million dollar loan to North [...]

By: Gag Halfrunt

Gag Halfrunt — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:27:05 +0000

Kuwait wouldn hardly be the only country to use its aid programmes in that way – a lot of overseas development assistance takes the form of goods and services from the donor country instead of money. The USAID website used to boast that American businesses were the main beneficiaries of their projects, but eventually that statement was removed when it became too embarrassing.