North Korea. Reuters
North Korea's Kim Jong-un Splurges On Luxury Goods In Bid To Strengthen Rule -- The Telegraph
Imports of pets, saunas, alcohol and electronics into North Korea more than doubled in the year after Kim Jong-un took power in an apparent bid by the young leader to curry favour with senior officials and military officers.
According to a report submitted to the South Korean parliament today, imports of luxury goods amounted to $645.8 million in 2012, a sharp increase from the average of around $300 million a year under his father, Kim Jong-il.
Most of his people may be lacking food, medicine and access to most basic services, but the reclusive regime's luxury purchases included pets, pet food, bathroom fittings, sauna systems and maternity products, Yonhap News quoted Yoon Sang-hyun, of the ruling Saenuri Party, as telling the parliament in Seoul.
The data also pointed to a sudden increase in imports of musical instruments, cosmetics, handbags, leather products, watches and cars made in Japan and China.
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My Comment: China is sanction busting .... and they are getting away with it.
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