According to a media report, the Swiss delegation paid a diplomatic visit on 29th October to Pyongyang, while opening its office. Since several western European countries such as Germany have their own “diplomatic” offices as well as embassies there, it seems there is nothing particular to observe carefully in this report. However, I spontaneously remember a closely related story that could lead us to a completely new phase of the Far Eastern regional order.
Maybe, nobody of the readership can’t remember, nevertheless, it’s the Switzerland that once built up even a local school for business administration (MBA!) in Pyongyang, so as to tarin the young talented people for the financial capitalism in DPRK. Although it was closed tentatively several years ago, this episode clearly implies the Switzerland is obviously pursuing a strategic goal vis-à-vis Pyongyang while assisting the country to flourish in the market step by step. And now, even the Swiss Foreign Minister joined the above-mentioned delegation (high-ranking enough!) to officially celebrate the bilateral relationship for the sake of the DPRK. From my viewpoint, this could be connected to the promising outcome of the US-Russo-Sino trilateral summit meeting to be held on 18-19 November in Shenzhen within the framework of the APEC.
Keep alarmed and think thoroughly, particularly in the context of how Japan would react on such a quasi newly born country in the Korean peninsula holding both nukes and financial capacities. Stay tuned.



