On the order of billions of dollars. But this particular transaction and others yet to be made public are cash payments, not in materials like grains or heating oils. That makes it really bad.
I remember how ecstatic Wall St. Journal and New York Times were when Kim Dae-Jug was elected. For different reasons. WSJ wanted him to do all the list of things Wall St. wanted from S. Korea. They do not care if he is a crook or if he will do only selective reforms while shielding his beloved corporate crony Hyundai which is most corrupt of all big corporations. NYT loved him for obvious liberal reasons. He is into a major appeasement of N. Korea which has been a NYT's favorite.
Now both papers should eat crows along with liberal medias in S. Korea.
All foreign investors and businessmen in S. Korea are shocked to find this. But the problem is that they have not been paying attention when his detractors sounded alarms five years ago. They ignored such warnings as rantings from those who are behind time. Now they got what they deserve. But they will blame only S. Koreans not themselves.
Those supposedly "sophisticated" financiers and journalists can be real cowards. You know, those globalist types.