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By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com
SEOUL — North Korea has offered China rights to develop seven major mines in return for its economic assistance in building high-speed rail links connecting its capital Pyongyang with the southern border city of Kaesong and the northeast border city of Shinuiju, a diplomatic source said.
North Korea plans to invite officials from China’s state-run enterprise and a Hong Kong-based firm to sign the deal in Pyongyang, the source said.
The unidentified Chinese state firm was said to have invested $2 billion in the North’s Rason Economic and Trade Zone bordering China and Russia.
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