More N.Korean Workers to Earn Valuta for Kim Jong-un

April 28, 2012 ^ | April 28, 2012 | Staff

[Rabin]

Room 39 manages Kim's funds and directs businesses earning foreign currency through 17 overseas offices and 100 trade firms under its roof. During Kim Jong-il's reign, it made an average of $300-400 million a year. About $100 million came from workers' salaries, $100-200 million from export of weapons, trade in forged currency and drugs, and another $100 million from economic cooperation with South Korea.

[Rabin]

The belly of the beast, they say, is where the munchkins are dissolved. The Colin (Korean slang, for 39) is where true vital fluids are squeezed out.

Rab.

[Tainan]

ping...room 39 story