No Swiss Ski Lift for North Korea

It’s bad news for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as the BBC has reported that he will no longer be able to buy ski lifts from Switzerland.

The country has been trying to develop a ski resort at Masik, partly as a response to South Korea hosting the Winter Olympics in 2018.

However, Switzerland has now ruled that a ‘ski lift’ counts as a luxury export and is therefore prohibited.

The deal was worth over €5 million to the Swiss company Bartholet Maschinenbau.

Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs labelled the resort a “prestigious propaganda project for the regime”.

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Article By Iain Martin

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