Tornado Alley (PROG)

[fuagf]

North Korea Documentary - Why Invading North Korea Would be Insane - Secret State of North

1,204,318 views

Documentary Empire
Published on Mar 24, 2015

North Korea Documentary - Why Invading North Korea would be insane !! Secret State of North Korea - HD 2015 North Korea children playing the guitar. Creepy as hell. ....

North Korea Documentary - Why Invading North Korea would be insane !! Secret State of North
Korea - HD 2015 North Korea children playing the guitar. Creepy a. Documentary north korea .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4aZkwJQKV4

The above video is one more excellent documentary on the North, with more detail on how the country has been able to sieve sanctions to maintain a flow of foreign currency through the organization Rm 39 .. Rm 39 is the conduit of foreign currency funds going to Kim Jung-il to maintain the gift system which is invaluable to his hold on power .. one name for the hidden economy is the Royal Court economy, it has served as Kim's personal slush fund,and takes huge amounts from peoples economy.

It is said sanctions over years have had some some success,

Squeeze on Banco Delta Asia hit North Korea where it hurt - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
By DAVID LAGUE and DONALD GREENLEESJAN. 18, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/world/asia/18iht-north.4255039.html?mcubz=0

as lately Kim's gifts apparently have been fewer, and with him substituting instead more personal visits to maintain others loyalty to him.. money in Rm39 is not as plentiful as in the past .. also in the video there is more detail on why Kim knocked off his uncle, executed by Kim over fear of him seizing money from Kim's Rm 39 slush fund .. yep, it was all about money and power in
young Kim's mind .. one mark of Chung's effort to gain foreign currency is the continuing

Rason International Trade Exhibition 2016
http://paektuculturalexchange.org/rason-international-trade-exhibition-2016/

One expert in the video believes uncle Chung was merely trying to normalize the economy, though "no one will ever really know".

An important source of foreign currency for Kim is art.

An Art Powerhouse From North Korea
By AMY QINJAN. 25, 2016

["superJumbo" IMAGE] - Visitors at the new 360-degree
panoramic installation at the Angkor Panorama Museum.
Credit Luc Forsyth for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/arts/design/cambodias-new-angkor-museum-created-by-a-north-korean-art-factory.html?mcubz=0&_r=0

and in that the construction of giant statues ( and structures chiefly in Africa and Asia .. statues of the type many authoritarian leaders have fond fetish for.

North Korea's 'biggest' export - giant statues
16 February 2016


Alamy
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35569277

Then there are propaganda posters.

Behind Mansudae: Art from the Biggest Studio in North Korea



Nadja Sayej
Oct 30 2013, 9:00am

Meet the Italian man who runs a website that sells North Korean art—everything from propaganda posters to
landscapes, flower bouquets, and even family portraits. He told us that propaganda posters are the best sellers.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7b7vj9/behind-mansudae-the-most-prominent-art-institution-in-north-korea

To have the three videos posted recently on North Korea in the same place, here are
the other two .. there isn't too much replication and each video adds something new.

Inside North Korea Newest Documentary (2017)
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=134501926

North Korea DARKEST SECRETS 2017 Deepest Secrets Revealed for the First Time
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=134502501

One thing is absolutely clear, North Korea is not nearly as isolated a country as many people still suggest it is.

Enjoy.