{"id":649135,"date":"2017-04-23T04:02:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T04:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2017-04-23T04:02:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T04:02:40","slug":"sawiris-in-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawiris in North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naguib Sawiris was reportedly in Pyongyang and met with senior officials of the Workers Party of Korea, RT<\/a> reported on Saturday, citing North Korean news sources. Details of what was discussed remains scant, but it is likely discussions included talks of the mess with Koryolink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Naguib Sawiris was reportedly in Pyongyang and met with senior officials of the Workers Party of Korea, RT reported on Saturday, citing North Korean news sources. Details of what was discussed remains scant, but it is likely discussions included talks of the mess with Koryolink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9315],"tags":[72,2390],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-649135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-business-news-of-note","tag-enterpriseam","tag-other-business-news-of-note","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"3db97b79-2762-403f-a72c-0888c045b0b9","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[649093],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nSawiris in North Korea - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sawiris in North Korea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Naguib Sawiris was reportedly in Pyongyang and met with senior officials of the Workers Party of Korea, RT reported on Saturday, citing North Korean news sources. Details of what was discussed remains scant, but it is likely discussions included talks of the mess with Koryolink.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EnterpriseAM Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-23T04:02:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Sawiris in North Korea\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-23T04:02:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/\"},\"wordCount\":49,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"EnterpriseAM\",\"Other Business News of Note\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Other Business News of Note\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/\",\"name\":\"Sawiris in North Korea - EnterpriseAM Egypt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-23T04:02:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sawiris in North Korea\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"caption\":\"EnterpriseAM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sawiris in North Korea - EnterpriseAM Egypt","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sawiris in North Korea","og_description":"Naguib Sawiris was reportedly in Pyongyang and met with senior officials of the Workers Party of Korea, RT reported on Saturday, citing North Korean news sources. Details of what was discussed remains scant, but it is likely discussions included talks of the mess with Koryolink.","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/","og_site_name":"EnterpriseAM Egypt","article_published_time":"2017-04-23T04:02:40+00:00","author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Sawiris in North Korea","datePublished":"2017-04-23T04:02:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/"},"wordCount":49,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"keywords":["EnterpriseAM","Other Business News of Note"],"articleSection":["Other Business News of Note"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/","name":"Sawiris in North Korea - EnterpriseAM Egypt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-04-23T04:02:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/04\/23\/sawiris-in-north-korea\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sawiris in North Korea"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","name":"EnterpriseAM","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization","name":"EnterpriseAM","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","caption":"EnterpriseAM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":599808,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/01\/10\/odh-enters-agreement-with-chairman-samih-sawiris-for-stake-purchase-in-asa\/","url_meta":{"origin":649135,"position":0},"title":"ODH enters agreement with Chairman Samih Sawiris for stake purchase in ASA","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"10 January 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Orascom Development Holding (ODH) has entered an agreement to purchase an additional 1% and one share of Andermatt Swiss Alps (ASA) from ODH Chairman Samih Sawiris at a total price of CHF 3.2 mn, according to a company press release. The transaction, which is conditional on Sawiris forgiving CHF 150\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Other Business News of Note"","block_context":{"text":"Other Business News of Note","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/other-business-news-of-note\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":636133,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/21\/otmt-official-denies-reports-it-is-divesting-from-north-korea\/","url_meta":{"origin":649135,"position":1},"title":"OTMT official denies reports it is divesting from North Korea","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"21 December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"What exactly is happening with Sawiris and North Korea? An official from Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (OTMT) denied that the company is withdrawing from North Korea. Statements from the official, who spoke to Youm7 on condition of anonymity, follows a report from the Korea Times suggesting that Sawiris\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":624966,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/24\/naguibs-koryolink-could-repatriate-profits-from-north-korea-after-reportedly-getting-sanctions-waiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":649135,"position":2},"title":"Naguib\u2019s Koryolink could repatriate profits from North Korea after reportedly getting sanctions waiver.","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"24 September 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"**#6 Naguib Sawiris\u2019 Koryolink will reportedly be able to repatriate its profits from North Korea to Egypt now that it\u2019s been cleared by the UN to continue operating in Pyongyang free of sanctions, sources close to the matter tell Al Mal. Sawiris\u2019 Orascom Investment Holding (OIH, previously known as OTMT),\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":591471,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/12\/08\/egyptian-bnaire-samih-sawiris-acquires-defunct-thomas-cooks-german-business\/","url_meta":{"origin":649135,"position":3},"title":"Egyptian b\u2019naire Samih Sawiris acquires defunct Thomas Cook\u2019s German business","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"8 December 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"M&A WATCH- Samih Sawiris acquires Thomas Cook\u2019s German business: The Samih Sawiris majority-owned Raiffeisen Touristik Group (RT) has acquired the German subsidiary of now-bankrupt British travel giant Thomas Cook, Sawiris\u2019 Orascom Development Egypt (ODE) said in a press release (pdf). The acquisition, for which no value was disclosed, will bring\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":632865,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/02\/21\/did-north-korea-really-hack-otmt\/","url_meta":{"origin":649135,"position":4},"title":"Did North Korea really hack OTMT?","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"21 February 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Did North Korea really hack OTMT? North Korea\u2019s elite \u201cReaper\u201d hacking unit has been expanding its attacks abroad over the past year, and one of its targets might have been Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (OTMT), the Wall Street Journal (paywall) reports. Among the attacks that have attacked foreign\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":624920,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/23\/sawiris-other-gold-bugs-look-to-goose-miners-share-prices\/","url_meta":{"origin":649135,"position":5},"title":"Sawiris, other gold bugs look to goose miners\u2019 share prices","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"23 September 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"**#7 Sawiris, other gold bugs look to goose miners\u2019 share prices: Naguib Sawiris\u2019 La Mancha Group and a number of other investors have joined New York-based hedge fund Paulson & Co. on an initiative that means to \u201cpromote constructive engagement between the gold mining industry and the investment community,\u201d according\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Speed Round"","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649135\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/649093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649135"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=649135"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=649135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}