Kim Yong Chol, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Unās top aide and special envoy, reportedly called on the United States to support a plan to build a world-class resort in the eastern port city of Wonsan in a meešting with US President Donald Trump.
In his meetinź¦g with Trump at the Whź¦ite House, Kim Yong Chol said of North Koreaās plan to create an international tourist destination with a casino in Wonsan city and ski resort in Masikryong,
The tourist area, if constructed, will be able to gšenerate about US$ 50 million a year, according to the South Korean governmentās estimation. This would be quite a contribution to the rogue nationās economy given that its annual trade volume stands at a mere US$ 7 billion.
The massive construction plan is interpreted as the regimeās decision to overācome economic hardship and isolation by prošmoting itself as a premier casino and tourism destination.
Trump and Kim Jong Un are scą½§heduled to meet for a historic dialogue in Singapore on 12th June. The hermit nation already has one casino in the capital city Pyongyang where visitors and tourists are allowed to gamble.