https://www.scmp.com/rss/328950/feed Wonsik Choi is managing partner of McKinsey & Company’s Korea office. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Could the Korean peninsula be the world’s next epicentre of change? Today North Korea has an estimated gross domestic product of US$28 billion, similar in size to Cameroon. And yet, by 2050, it is possible that a more economically integrated Korean peninsula could range in size from US$4 to US$6.4 trillion, with the North accounting for around a quarter of that total. That would put the Korean peninsula, if measured as a single economy, roughly on par with Japan, Germany and the UK – and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2168144/how-north-korea-could-be-economic-powerhouse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2168144/how-north-korea-could-be-economic-powerhouse?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Oct 2018 04:00:15 +0000