NK Stages Second International Trade Fair In Rason

Tractors and trucks are on display during the Second International trade fair in Rason, North Korea, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. North Korea is staging its second international trade fair in the special economic zone of Rason this week just days after a top official went to China to drum up support for the region.

A wheel loader by China’s construction machinery manufacturer SDLG (Shandong Lingong) is exhibited at the 2nd Rason International Trade Fair in Rason, North Korea, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The scandal surrounding one of China’s most high-profile politicians, Bo Xilai, whose wife has been given a suspended death sentence for the murder of a British man, is the messiest to strike the ruling Communist Party in years and exposes divisions just ahead of a crucial leadership transition in the fall.

Trucks are exhibited at the 2nd Rason International Trade Fair in Rason, North Korea, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. North Korea is staging its second international trade fair in the special economic zone of Rason this week just days after a top official went to China to drum up support for the region. <AP/NEWSis>

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