{"id":332,"date":"2008-06-26T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/som\/international\/index.php?\/archives\/80-guid.html"},"modified":"2008-06-26T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T08:45:00","slug":"trip-to-the-north-korean-border-in-dangdong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/trip-to-the-north-korean-border-in-dangdong\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip to the North Korean Border in Dangdong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"&quot;left&quot;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-688\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-688 \" title=\"Trip to the North Korean Border in Dangdong\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Trip-to-the-North-Korean-Border-in-Dangdong.jpg\" alt=\"Prof Ruettimann and the students are standing on the Broken Bridge. In the background, the North Korean riverbank.\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof Ruettimann and the students are standing on the Broken Bridge. In the background, the North Korean riverbank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a short night (some of us have seen the EURO semi final, starting at 3am China time), we all met punctually at 7.30am to board our bus to the North Korean boarder. Even the ride took us a little longer then expected, we arrived in Dangdong around lunch time. Dangdong is known for its railway connection to North Korea. It was somehow impressive to stay on the broken bridge, which was bombed accidentally by the Americans during the Korean War (1950-1953), and have a look to the North Korean shore.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the afternoon we visited Dangdong SLT Garment Industry Company Limited, which is located in the greater area of Dangdong. The company manufactures clothes for different wholesalers as for example the Charles Voegele Group. Ms. Renee Tao, sale director of Dangdong SLT Garment Industry Company Limited was very kind to show us around the factory and answering all our questions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-689\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-689\" title=\"Trip to the North Korean Border in Dangdong2\" src=\"http:\/\/ianus.zhaw.ch\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Trip-to-the-North-Korean-Border-in-Dangdong2.jpg\" alt=\"Sewers in the Garment Factory\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sewers in the Garment Factory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was interesting to see how a bunch of workers produces clothes, we daily use. It takes 600 workers to produce around 200 jackets a day. 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