Posted on 07/31/2016 12:14:53 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
[Exclusive] N. Korean General Defects Seeking Political Asylum
Write : 2016-07-29 08:54:16 Update : 2016-07-29 14:15:08
Anchor: A general who was in charge of managing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's overseas slush funds is said to be in China after escaping from his country, and is seeking political asylum with two other North Koreans in a country other than South Korea. A source said that the three were separated from a diplomat from Pyongyang, who is seeking his own defection to another country. Here is Kim Bum-soo with KBS' exclusive report.
Report: It has been made known that a general escaped from North Korea and is seeking political asylum in a country other than South Korea.
A source in China, who works in collaboration with Seoul government officials, on Thursday revealed the recent defection of the general, a diplomat and two others.
The source said that the North Korean military officer was in charge of managing Kim Jong-un’s slush funds in Southeast Asia.
The general was in China on a business trip when he was joined by the three other North Koreans on July 12th.
The diplomat is known to have parted ways with the group and is seeking political asylum in a country other than South Korea, while the other three are staying in China, making their own plans to defect to another country.
The latest escape marks the first known case of a North Korean general's defection from the reclusive regime. Last year, a North Korean colonel defected to the South.
The source said the four didn't choose to defect to South Korea partly because of a petition by the Lawyers for a Democratic Society filed last month for habeas corpus relief of 12 North Korean restaurant workers in China who defected to Seoul in April.
The source said that the four North Koreans decided to leave their country due to their dissatisfaction with the Kim Jong-un regime and pessimistic views about the future of the country. Kim Bum-soo, KBS World Radio News.
Maybe, but not THAT video. At the end of the video, it says it is a parody.
I know ... & yes it was a parody but sometimes a parody can be something that lessens the greater reality of the actual horror.
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_IK_detail.htm?No=120763
Reported Defector Identified as Major General in N. Korean Military
Write : 2016-07-30 13:02:23 Update : 2016-07-30 14:23:56
Reported Defector Identified as Major General in N. Korean Military
The North Korean general who was reported to have fled the North around the middle of this month is said to be a major general from the North's Ministry of People's Armed Forces, a rank equal to South Korea's brigadier general.
A source familiar with North Korean affairs said Friday that the major general, who managed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s slush funds in Southeast Asia, defected carrying a large sum of money worth some 45 billion won, or 40 million dollars, that was supposed to be given to the leader.
The source explained the major general was in charge of sending foreign currency earned overseas including at construction sites and North Korean restaurants in southern China or Southeast Asia to the so-called “Room 39” of the North's Workers’ Party, which serves as Kim Jong-un’s private slush fund safety deposit.
The officer is said to have defected from the North carrying 40 million dollars that should have been transferred to Room 39 but it is not known how he stole the money.
The source said the major general and his group who defected together are waiting in China seeking asylum in a third country.
I don't know about you, but I get emails almost every day from helpful Nigerians who can explain it.
I heard he had to drag his luggage, not filled with stacks of money, but suit cases filled with his medals that he couldn’t find a place for on his uniform.
North Korea recently resumed its encrypted numbers broadcast, a method used in the past to send orders to spies in the South.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160731000297
well I was bit surprised when the NorKs started doing this becuase it’s so old. 40 yrs ago overseas you could pick up the Russians doing the same thing- in a way it - it you didn’t really have anything to it was almost mesmerizing but the Russians still broadcast their own set of numbers over certain Middle East countries to this day.
what a hoot!
big fish do not seek small ponds
The Norks are very active:
2 weeks ago: North Korean European diplomatic link is active right now on 14530 LSB and 14750 LSB. Normally only sends in daytime.
https://twitter.com/priyom_org/status/753665827661045760
and the Russians are doing the same. from yesterday: The Saturday 1100/1110/1120 UTC schedule of Russian F06 repeated last week’s message. This happened the last time in June 2015. https://twitter.com/priyom_org/status/759702099194150913
More https://twitter.com/priyom_org
and https://twitter.com/Spy_Stations
We are back to the Cold War
Keep me posted OK?
Riiiiiiiiiight!
Here are some links on the food and other economic situations in N. Korea. The first link has a series of articles covering the last 2 years—drought, flood, less oil from China, less coal to China, etc. The first article June this year refers to this as the hungry time before the fall harvest comes in. Also reports on “agricultural” and “forestry reform” and likely bad impact on production. Love those Socialist remedies!!
The second link (2014) from the UK Guardian debates the ethics of providing or not providing food aid to NK.
http://www.nkeconwatch.com/category/statistics/foreign-aid-statistics/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/10/north-korea-food-aid-fund
I’m sure some of it will help pay for his stay, ie, bribery money.
It sounds likely that the $40 mil is genuine.
That would be my guess.
Thanks for all your informed comments in this thread.
Can the rural folk in NK grow their own food as people in small towns did during the Depression? Maybe they don’t have seeds to plant..?
Is that the U.S. or North Korea (Or Mexico, Afghanistan ...)?
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