Hospital horrors
Article Abstract:
It is becoming increasingly widely acknowledged that standards of medical care in North Korea are extremely low. The country has doctors and hospitals, but there are severe shortages of anaesthetics, analgesics and basic medicines. Furthermore, hospitals lack cleaning materials and heating. The North Korean regime is already receiving large amounts of economic assistance in return for attending talks on peace on the Korean peninsula, and it is likely that health care problems will increasingly feature in appeals to the international community.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1998
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What's in a name?
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Foreign investors in South Korea are concerned about 'Buy Korean' sentiment. Foreign brands have been affected by economic nationalism and frugality. Foreign cigarettes are wholly imported and are more vulnerable than products partly produced in S Korea. Sales of Marlboro cigarettes dropped 75% in Jan 1998 compared to Nov 1997. An Italian company's subsidiary, Fila Korea, has run advertisements explaining that its products are 97% produced in S Korea and are exported.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1998
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