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Mongolia's Activists Help Sow Seeds of Democracy in North Korea |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / FEATURE |
| Author: Bill Gertz |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2006 |
| Size: 1,277 Words, 7,982 Characters |
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Nongovernmental organizations from Mongolia are working quietly with North Korea's totalitarians to help bring democracy to the Stalinist state, said Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar.
Based on years of cooperation with North Korea, Mongolia has developed close ties to the isolated regime of Kim Jong-il, Enkhbayar says. "We are just trying to show North Koreans that when the whole world is changing, somehow you have to respond to these changes, and it's better by changing yourself," said Enkhbayar, who was elected to office in May. "And that there is no danger in changing by yourself."
He also spoke about the democracy that his country is beginning to put into practice. "Being democratic makes you more stable and makes you more ... protected. You feel safer when you are a demo...
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... "third neighbors," including the United States, Japan, South Korea, India, Southeast Asia or Central Asia, he said.
"I think our two neighbors do accept Mongolia's right to have its own foreign-policy concept, and we have been quite successful in trying to build up our cooperation and relationships. So far, it has worked very well," he said.
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