Incheon Government to Conduct Study on Rebuilding Airports in North Korea
It is just amazing that people keep wanting to shovel money into North Korea and keep thinking the results are going to be different this time:
Incheon Metropolitan Government has sparked a controversy for contracting out a study on developing airports in North Korea, drawing criticisms from conservative lawmakers over the plan’s feasibility and political motivation.
Korea Times
According to Incheon Metropolitan Government’s data submitted to Rep. Han Ki-ho of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), the city government contracted out the study to a consortium led by Korea National University of Transportation in May last year, at a cost of 135 million won ($120,000).
The study was aimed at exploring ways to nurture Incheon International Airport as a travel hub for North Korea. For this purpose, the study proposed improvements to eight existing airports in North Korea and the building of a new one there.
You can read more at the link, but the Incheon government wants throw over $4 billion into renovating North Korean airports and build a whole new airport in Rason.
The “Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Force” will greatly appreciate the military assistance. The “ordinary citizens” of North Korea don’t have much use for air travel as they can’t always buy enough food to feed their children, much less obtain government permission and airline tickets to fly anywhere..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army_Air_and_Anti-Air_Force#Air_bases
BTW, they say they want to improve eight airports and build another; but Wikipedia says they only have six “civilian” airports…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_North_Korea#Public_Airports
Oh well…
Might as well give them the F-35s while they’re at it.
Don’t rush ’em, J6… That’s part of their plan to bankrupt the norks…
For goodness sakes… The norks still use Mig-19s…