{"id":11808,"date":"2018-10-31T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/?p=11808"},"modified":"2018-11-08T12:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T11:03:09","slug":"north-korea-optimal-for-smart-city-test-bed-maekyung-group-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/north-korea-optimal-for-smart-city-test-bed-maekyung-group-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea optimal for smart city test bed: Maekyung Group chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>31\/10\/2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yoon Won-sup and Choi Mira,\u00a0\u00a0Maeil Business Newspaper &amp; mk.co.kr<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North Korea could be an optimal place to test smart city development, and South Korea would be the best partner for the regime\u2019s city development projects, said Chang Dae-whan, chairman of South Korea\u2019s leading media organization Maekyung Media Group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the North Korean land is underdeveloped and there is no regulation related to the fourth industrial revolution technologies needed to build smart cities in the country, so it can be an optimal test bed for smart cities,\u201d Chang said at the 11th World Policy Conference (WPC) held last Sunday (local time) in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that South Korea that has an ample experience in developing smart cities abroad including Saudi Arabia would be able to provide the best support to the North once the sanctions are eased.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The WPC has been organized by French think-tank Institute of Foreign Relations (IFRI) since 2008 to provide a venue for world-renowned experts and political and business leaders to discuss major global issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe establishment of smart cities in North Korea would not only help relieve the underdevelopment issue but also contribute to the global peace and prosperity,\u201d said Chang.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cities have been transformed as digital platforms where the fourth revolution technologies including blockchain and big data are realized, he added, citing the examples of South Korea\u2019s Sejong and Busan cities. The country\u2019s administrative city Sejong has been developing a platform that analyzes people\u2019s emotions with help of brain science and big data. The southern port city Busan is conducting Eco-Delta City project to establish a platform to manage environmental resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>31\/10\/2018 Yoon Won-sup and Choi Mira,\u00a0\u00a0Maeil Business Newspaper &amp; mk.co.kr North Korea could be an optimal place to test smart city development, and South Korea would be the best partner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-11808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-review","tag-25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}