Seoul to Fund North Korean Forestry Experts to Train in Germany

I like this type of engagement with North Korea where reforesting the environment is beneficial to both sides, however Seoul should not have agreed to pay for their studies in Germany.  Instead they should have offered them to train in South Korea.  If the Kim regime can afford nuclear weapons and ICBMs, they can afford to send their own scholars to school in Germany.  By the way I guess this guy won’t be going to training in Germany:

Seoul plans to provide funding for North Korean forestry specialists to study in Germany, a U.S. news report said Saturday, in its latest effort to restore deforested mountains in the North.

Under the plan, South Korea will help around 30 North Korean experts study in Germany by providing US$70,000, according to the Voice of America (VOA), which cited the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

The specialists will visit Germany in four batches between September and November. Germany, with forests covering one-third of its area, has one of the world’s leading forestry industries. [Korea Times]