Senior aide of Kim Jong-il arrested in Macao: report (Counterfeit U.S. currency)

Yonhap News (South Korea) ^ | January 28, 2006

[HAL9000]

SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- A local Internet news site reported Saturday that a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was arrested in Macao earlier this month.

Citing Japanese diplomatic sources, DailyNK claimed Kang Sang-choon, a secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chief of staff to Kim, was detained in connection to circulation of forged U.S. dollars and money laundering.

DailyNK, which specializes in news related to the reclusive communist country, also said the arrest may have taken place on Jan. 11 and that South Korean and Japanese intelligence services are in the process of verifying the information.

Regarding the allegations, a source at the National Intelligence Service, South Korea's spy agency, said it received information on the matter. The official, however, said the agency is not in a position to offer a confirmation at this time.

Experts here said Kang is not involved in his country's policy-making process.

[atomicpossum]

a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was arrested

Now he's even more ronery.

[Para-Ord.45]

`Bout time.

The North Koreans are notorious for counterfeiting and drug running. It`s how they keep the country afloat.

[Revolting cat!]

We could learn a lot from these guys about printing our own moolah! They've got the know-how, we've got the technology, right here in our offices and homes.

[RichInOC]

"Ret me out! Ret me out! I pay you!"

[nuconvert]

pong

[Defendingliberty]

[skinkinthegrass]

"Ret me out! Ret me out! I pay you!"...Rill you take a check?

[Revolting cat!]

Ya think? Good one!

But seriously, a report from NK I read just today says that Dear Leader spends "between $650,000 and $720,000 a year on exotic wines" Plus, he collects "erotic art", read: porno. Does all that cash comes courtesy of US taxpayers? Who knows.

[Domestic Church]

It's the radioactive currency that's really worrisome.

[the final gentleman]

Bull spit, Revolting Cat, these despots are not sophisticated they are bitterly crude.

Any self-respecting street gang has more finesse that the clown who rules a poor, indigent, North Korean nation.

The Head Joke of North Korea (Kim Jong), once kidnapped an escapee from his despotic rule, while the lucky escapee and his wife were enjoying a free life in Japan.

Back home the royal jerk put the playwright and his arty wife in charge of developing the preforming arts for the pleasure and delight of the sad and starving people of North Korea.

Forgive me, I can't help it if I get irked when I think of an entire nation serving time in a prison camp.

[SevenofNine]

Don't forget the hookers from Russia LOL!

[fallujah-nuker]

Pinging Dear Leader.