The curious case of North Korea in Cambodia

Channel News Asia ^

[ameribbean expat]

In July 2016 it was revealed the kingdom was one of the nations to which Pyongyang had dispatched supposed assassins to launch terror attacks against defectors and South Koreans. That same month, a proposed visit by DPRK foreign minister Ri Yong-ho was rejected by the Cambodian government. In August, North Korean vessel Jie Shun, sailing under a Cambodian flag, was seized carrying a large shipment of munitions. That action coincided with an end to the kingdom’s flag convenience scheme, known to have assisted North Korea smuggle drugs and weapons throughout the world for years. Cambodia has also found itself oddly embroiled in the killing of Kim Jong-un’s estranged half brother, Kim Jong-nam, in February at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport. At least one of the two women who eventually carried out the assassination using a deadly nerve agent was known to be in Phnom Penh shortly before the attack.

[hoosiermama]

FYI

[DIRTYSECRET]

Y would they bother with Cambodia?

[hoosiermama]

Corruption-- drugs and weapons he kingdom’s flag convenience scheme, known to have assisted North Korea smuggle drugs and weapons throughout the world for years. Cambodia has also found itself oddly embroiled in the killing of Kim Jong

[arrogantsob]

They don’t bother Cambodia, they work with it in smuggling under Cambodian flag.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[caww]

Doesn’t sound like Cambodia has an stake much with N.Korea now, if really anything. I agree with the article anything Cambodia seeks must involve cash payments ....period. Anything else is just smooshing in hopes that will come eventually, wherever they do business politically....Kim really has nothing they cannot get from other sources.

However..tis interesting there was contact made and again would indicate Kim is rattled.

[TigerLikesRooster]

A real curious case is Malaysia. After all that went down, the country still made a point to keep N. Korean embassy, and allow N. Koreans to work there, even though they stopped visa-free travel arrangement, expelled many N. Korean nationals, and scaled down the presence of N. Koreans inside the country.

[caww]

Well .I wish I had a firmer grasp on Asian affairs to comment better.I really only took a closer look as Obama made his pivot to Asia trip.....so the history prior, aside from N.& S. Korea and Japan I know too little of.