TOKYO. Dec 11 The World Bank is ready to do business with North Korea to help the Stalinist nation continue its emergence from isolation, the Banks president James Wolfensohn said Monday, re-]>oris AFP.

Asked if North Korea could join world financial institutions if it was no longer branded by the United Stales as a stale sponsor of terrorism. Wolfen-sohn said; The answer is yes. It is possible

"It seems at the moment there is a strong political desire to include North Korea in the group nf nations that participates in the Bank and the (International Monetary’) Fund.' he tohi a news conference in Tokyo