Sunday, March 24, 2013

Is North Korea A Narco State?

North Korea 'Ordered Foreign Diplomats To Sell Drugs On The Street In Desperate Attempt To Rake In Hard Currency' -- Daily Mail

North Korea ordered its foreign diplomats to sell drugs on the street in a desperate attempt to rake in hard currency, it has been claimed.

An incredible story in South Korean's Chosun Ilbo newspaper suggested embassy officials were sent abroad with 20 kilos of state-manufactured drugs, most likely methamphetemine, and told to raise at least $300,000.

According to a 'defector', the diplomats were told that by selling the drugs they would would be proving 'their loyalty and mark the birthday of nation founder Kim Il Sung on April 15'.

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More News On Reports That North Korean Diplomats Are Distributing Drugs

Report: North Korea ordered its foreign diplomats to become drug dealers -- Washington Post
North Korea Allegedly Forces Diplomats To Deal Drugs For Hard Cash -- Business Insider
N.Korean Diplomats 'Sell Millions of Dollars Worth of Drugs' -- Chosun Ilbo
North Korea is running a drug ring, and Kim Jong-un is its Bond-style Mr Big -- The Telegraph
Kim Jong-Un reported to have $4-5 billion in slush fund accounts designed to elude sanctions -- World Tribune

My Comment: I worked for the UN's civil aviation organization (ICAO) from 1989 - 1994 .... so I got to know quite a few diplomats. The idea that a diplomat would hit the streets to sell drugs .... now that is a big stretch. But then again .... when it comes to North Korea I learned a long time ago that anything is possible.

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