[Kim Chan Ku]
- A researcher of Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University
- A member of Education Center for Unification, Ministry of Unification
- A member of Policy Section in the Council for Private Economy Interchange
  between the North and South Korea
- The president of Pyongyang Sunpyong Toy Company
- The president of Pyongyang Gwangmyongsung Agricultural Products Food Company
- Emigration to the U.S (1979)
- Adviser in charge of North Korea, Elcanto, Co,. LTD
Completion of the First Doll Factory
Initially, I thought the first orders of sample production for Samchonri¡¯s factory in Pyongyang would be met in a month at the maximum. And I was waiting at Beijing for further discussion of production. However, I had not heard from Pyongyang after two months passe.. [2007-12-24 12:43]
"No Dolls in the People's Republic"
For the first visit to Pyongyang, I was there as a tourist. Since there was few to meet, I did not pay attention to presents. A couple of socks, scarf were enough just in case for meeting business partners. From the second visit on, I have prepared various commo.. [2007-11-05 01:26]
A Year in Waiting for Steel Plates
Kimchaek boasts one of the largest steel factories and fishing ports in North Korea especially that of Daesung General Company¡¯s east coast headquarters. However, at once-famous seaport everything including ship, freezer, packing factory was obsolete and rust. Most.. [2007-09-19 21:40]
Efforts to Reunite Separated North Korean Families by Ko..
Efforts to Reunite Separated North Korean Families by Korean-Americans1989 July 14th. Kim Ki Dong, a manager at Rajin ship repairs and superintendent and Choi Chng Ku (affiliated with Daesung General Bureau) of Rajin¡¯s Donghae Marine Products for Exports made a dec.. [2007-07-26 10:21]
North Korea¡¯s Docks a Forge
July 12th 1989. After the 13th World Youth Festival held in Pyongyang, I visited a dockyard in Rajin city, North Hamkyung for important consultations. I was on my way to the wharf to further understand the situation of the dockyard. When I visited North Kor.. [2007-07-13 20:04]
"Competition is American imperialists' way!"
The doll producing factory, ¡®Pyongyang Sunpyong Stuffed Toy Factory¡¯ was named by myself. Since such toy factory was first case in North Korea, the party officials had great interest in it and supported my business. I had a chance to look at products in my North.. [2007-02-02 14:21]
Pro-NK Korean Americans Striving to Get Accepted by N...
Since in the late of 1988 the trip to N. Korea opened to Korean-Americans, pro-NN Korean-Americans have done their activities in triumph. There are a few reasons they became against South Korea. One of them is that they were usually politicians who had individ.. [2006-12-08 15:22]
Building Pro-NK Organization in America
There is one most unforgettable figure in my experience in Pyongyang for a decade and half. One day in Pyongyang, Roh Chul Soo, counsel in the Overseas Koreans Aid Commission, asked me to have a dinner together. He led me to a small remote restaurant, a tradit.. [2006-11-14 15:11]
Meeting with a Korean-Japanese Business Woman
When I was running a jeans factory for five years in America,My factory was producing GUESS jeans under OEM contract and luxury shirts. At that time, I was looking for a sewing factory to manufacture jeans in North Korea. And I met Ms. K with an introducti.. [2006-10-17 12:16]
Scheming to Build Walls with Our Cement? ¡¦Not For Sale!
A bald robust countryman who lived with a wealthy salary as the lord in a village of Hapcheon, Gyeongsang province, leaves his job to live like a couple in exile at a Buddhist temple in the remote valleys of Gangwon province. With 290,000won (approx. US $300) l.. [2006-10-08 11:03]
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