Some countries don't want North and South Korea to become one

North Korea is opening up very rapidly and very dramatically. There are 13 free trade zones now; you can go participate in international marathons and wrestling matches. You can take bicycle tours of North Korea, art tours and movie tours too.

On the possibility of North and South Korea re-unifying

America is against it and Japan is against it. Japan would not be able to compete with a unified Korea. America wants to keep 30,000 troops on the Chinese border. There will always be people against everything. There were people against the unification of Germany. I think this would be great for Korea, northeast Asia, and the world.


Jim Rogers is a smart investor who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973. By 1983 the fund gained more than 4000 percent.