I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.

And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon.

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.

So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized.

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.