Monday, September 4, 2017

Life Is Good For The North Korean Leader

Dennis Rodman with Kim Jong-un in North Korea. Photo: Reuters

Daily Mail: Hacking banks and selling endangered species, Viagra and crystal meth: How Kim Jong-un affords a nuclear programme and a lavish lifestyle while North Korea starves amid supposedly crippling sanctions

* Illegal dealings in Pyongyang said to be bringing in up to a billion dollars a year
* Kim Jong-un's cronies are also supposedly counterfeiting bank notes for money
* Kim Jong-un spent an estimated £33million on statues of his family back in 2015
* The UN says two million North Koreans are barely surviving on measly hand-outs

While North Korea is meant to be shackled by crippling sanctions, its dictator still manages to fund a nuclear programme and his own lavish lifestyle.

Kim Jong-un supposedly does this by hacking banks, selling endangered species, Viagra and crystal meth as well as through a number of other illicit methods.

The illegal dealings could reportedly be bringing the isolated country's leader as much as a whopping billion dollars a year while the nation remains one of just 34 in the world relying on UN handouts to feed its people.

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WNU Editor: With nuclear weapons on hand .... Kim Jong-un must be feeling very secure right now.

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