■ Host: Anchor Kim Young-soo, Anchor Um Ji-min
■ Appearance: Han-Beom Cho, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for National Unification
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◇Anchor> And on the 15th, North Korea released a documentary film, in which Chairman Kim Jong-un appeared in a Mercedes-Benz Maybach SUV. What is known is that it goes up to the mid-200 million range. However, while we are under sanctions against North Korea, how should we view this, as expensive vehicles and luxury goods continue to flow into North Korea?
◆Cho Han-beom> In North Korea, Office 39 of the Workers’ Party operates overseas slush funds, and they also purchase them directly from Pyongyang. It goes through several steps. Kim Joo-ae also buys clothes directly. From what I heard. That’s because my friends overseas who procure North Korean luxury goods and agents have about 10 passports. So, if you buy it, you are not North Korean. Since you are purchasing and moving it legally, there is no way for Benz or other luxury goods dealers to know. Another thing is that if you sell it legally as a private person, if you sell it as a used product, no records are left, so you can’t stop it.
◇Anchor> Is it coming through Sinuiju or by land? Where do you come in?
◆Jo Han-beom> You can come in by train or by boat, so there is China. China is the space, and now we have Russia. If you actively participate in this, there is no stopping you.
◇Anchor> According to the UN sanctions resolution against North Korea, no transaction is allowed. They say Mercedes-Benz is also being investigated.
◆Jo Han-beom> If we investigate, firstly, we will know who first sold the net, but we cannot know whether that person was an agent or not. Then, if you go to the middle route, it gets cut off, and you can’t track it at a certain point.
◇Anchor> It looks like they are mocking the international community’s sanctions. All right. I will listen to today’s message up to this point. We found out with Cho Han-beom, senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification. Thank you.
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