The 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair wrapped up at the end of last week. I‘ve taken a look through some of the footage from Korean national television and KCNA and spotted a few companies that were exhibiting.
At last year’s trade fair, the Korea Computer Center debuted a new tablet PC. This year didn’t see any major launches of new IT equipment, at least according to the media coverage, but there were tablet computers on show.
One of the companies highlighted in the national TV coverage was Achim Panda Computer JV, also known as Morning Panda Computer. The company was established in 2002 with China’s Panda Electronics. Kim Jong Il visited the Nanjing Panda factory in 2011 during his trip to China.
As usual, the products on show included the big, like CNC machine tools and cars, the high-tech, like tablet computers, and the edible, like food and drink.
The CNC machines were being shown by Ryonha Machine Tool, which Curtis Melvin has profiled on NK Econwatch. The company has factories in Pyongyang and Huichon, but is hobbled by the inclusion of its parent company, Korea Ryonbong General Corporation, on the U.N. sanctions list.
There was also the luxurious: Tissot watches were on show by P&G Co. The company was profiled in “Foreign Trade” in 2007 and described as “a selling agent of the Swiss watchmakers, serving concurrently as the Koryo Association for the Development of Economic Cooperation (KAD).”
Here are some of the companies that were spotted in the video coverage:
- Ryonha Machine Tool
- Puhung Trading General Corp.
- P & G Co.
- Jangsu Trading Co.
- High-Tech Development Center
- Kumunsan Trading Corp.
- R.C.E. Technology JV
- Achim Panda Computer JV
- MT Regional Resources Sdn Bhd
- Metals & Mining Corp.
- Manbok JV
- Kimhwa Trading Corp.
- Korea Insam Trading Corp.
- Dandong KPR Electronic Co. Ltd.
- Digital Info Technology Pty Ltd.
- Korean Polish Shipping
And here’s a gallery of some of the companies and products on show. Widescreen (16:9) images are from KCNA, standard aspect ratio (4:3) images are from KCTV.
- 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- P&G shows Tissot watches at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Ryonha Machine Tool at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Opening of the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Opening of the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- A crowd listens to speeches outside of the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- CNC machines on show at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- High-tech Development Center shows products at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Achim Panda Computer at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Selling tablet computers at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Computers on show at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Tablet computers on show at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Home goods on show at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Wide view of the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- A crowd around tablet PCs at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- A CNC machine on show at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Korea Insam Trading Corp. at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- An infrared proximity sensor on show at the Pyongyang 16th Spring International Trade Fair
- Indonesian instant coffee on show at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- A tablet PC is demonstrated at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Cars on show at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Three Revolutions Exhibition in Pyongyang, home of the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Opening the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Inside the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Digital Info Technology participates in the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair
- Korean Polish Shipping participates in the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair