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WORLD NEWS Thursday 28 February 2019

On summit sidelines, North Koreans study Vietnam's economy

By ERIC TALMADGE was lined with Vietnamese
Associated Press and North Korean flags.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Hundreds of engineering
Senior members of North students waved as the lim-
Korea's delegation to Ha- ousines entered the factory
noi for Kim Jong Un's sum- complex.
mit with President Don- Trump has also made a
ald Trump took a side trip point of how he hopes Kim
Wednesday to visit one of will follow Vietnam's exam-
Vietnam's most successful ple.
conglomerates. "Vietnam is thriving like few
Kim has several senior for- places on earth. North Ko-
eign and economic advis- rea would be the same,
ers with him in Hanoi and and very quickly, if it would
gleaning insights into ways denuclearize," he tweeted
to improve the North's on Wednesday before his
economy appears to be first meeting with Kim. "The
high on their list of priorities. potential is AWESOME, a
As Kim stayed behind to great opportunity, like al-
prepare for the summit, most none other in history,
a motorcade with former for my friend Kim Jong Un."
Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong, Students of Vinfast Training Center holding Vietnam and North Korea national flags as they pre- Vietnam is one of fastest
who is now the ruling party's pare for the arrival of a senior North Korean delegation at VinFast, an automotive startup manu- growing economies in Asia
top foreign policy adviser, facturer in Hai Phong, Vietnam Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. and the Vingroup is one of
and O Su Yong, a ruling Associated Press its flagship successes.
party vice chairman and Vinfast's businesses range
director of its Economic of Hanoi, for a tour of Vin- summit with Trump is seen billionaires by launching from real estate develop-
Affairs Department, trav- fast, which is part of the as a good chance for reforms to attract foreign ment, hospitals and edu-
eled by car to the port city Vingroup, Vietnam's largest Vietnam to show him that trade and investment. cation to car manufactur-
of Hai Phong, about 105 conglomerate. a war-ravaged Commu- While Kim wasn't in the mo- ing, agriculture, retails and
kilometers (60 miles) east Kim's visit for the two-day nist country can produce torcade, much of the route resorts.q

Workers dig by hand to free dozens in Indonesia mine rubble

Associated Press said local police chief Gani donesia, providing a tenu-
BOLAANG MONGONDOW, Fernando Siahaan. "We will ous livelihood to thousands
Indonesia (AP) — A gruel- continue the rescue pro- who labor in conditions
ing search and rescue ef- cess until night as long as with a high risk of serious in-
fort has saved 19 people weather permits." jury or death.
from the debris of a col- Emergency personnel used Small artisanal and often
lapsed illegal gold mine in their bare hands and farm unauthorized mining is ris-
Indonesia's North Sulawesi tools to search for the vic- ing in many parts of Asia
province but officials said tims. Video showed rescu- and Africa. A study by the
Wednesday that several ers struggling to bring out a Intergovernmental Forum
dozen remain trapped. body bag in nearly vertical on Mining, Minerals, Metals
The national disaster agen- terrain. and Sustainable Develop-
cy said four people are Makeshift wooden struc- ment found the number of
confirmed dead and an tures in the mine in Bolaang people engaged in such
estimated 37 are still bur- Mongondow district col- Rescuers carry the body of a victim of a collapsed mine in Bo- mining had risen to over 40
ied beneath soil and rocks lapsed on Tuesday evening laang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Wednesday, million, up from 30 million in
in an area that is difficult due to shifting soil and the Feb. 27, 2019. 2014 and 6 million in 1993.
to access because of its large number of mining Associated Press Landslides, flooding and
remoteness and steep ter- holes, burying people in the collapses of tunnels are just
rain. mine pit. Paputungan said. Rescu- different agencies are in- some of the hazards. Much
"The land contour is wor- "Unstable soil conditions ers heard voices crying for volved in the rescue effort. of the processing of gold
rying with an 80 degree make us extra careful lifting help from beneath the de- It said there is an urgent ore involves use of highly
slope, so it's pretty steep, rocks because it can lead bris, he said. need for body bags. toxic mercury and cyanide
and we don't want any un- to new landslides," local The disaster agency said Informal mining operations by workers using little or no
wanted things to happen," disaster official Abdul Muin at least 140 people from are commonplace in In- protection.q