Seoul Bankers Will Wait Until Sanctions Are Dropped Before Doing Business with North Korea

It looks like the leaders of South Korea’s banks are not about to break sanctions like the Moon administration has been pushing them to do:

FSC Chairman Choi Jong-ku. (Yonhap)

South Korea will open bank branches in North Korea only after international sanctions are lifted in return for irreversible steps by the North to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, the top financial regulator here said Friday.

Choi Jong-ku, chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), told a parliamentary audit meeting that Seoul has not discussed cooperation with North Korea in the financial sector.

“Opening bank branches in North Korea will be possible only after conditions are met,” Choi said.  [Yonhap]

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Flyingsword
Flyingsword
5 years ago

they will all get arrested in some union labor action and replaced with commie party stooges.

2ID Doc
2ID Doc
5 years ago

Comrade Moon Pie will be vewy, vewy angry with the banks that obey the law and not Comrade Moon Pie…and boy will Kim Fatty the Third be pissed off.

J6Junkie
J6Junkie
5 years ago

I expect Mr. Choi to be fired soon for evils of the past and replaced by a Commie Stooge.

AppeasingNorthKorea
AppeasingNorthKorea
5 years ago

If they don’t go along with Moon. Expect them to see corruption charges or some kind of charges leveled against them. At the very least, they will be facing tax audits and other harassments.

setnaffa
setnaffa
5 years ago

Moon doesn’t really want to irritate the international banking community… He really doesn’t…

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