{"id":2512,"date":"2017-08-20T18:20:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T18:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2017-08-20T18:20:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T18:20:33","slug":"north-korea-secretly-imports-russian-oil-through-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/08\/20\/north-korea-secretly-imports-russian-oil-through-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"NORTH KOREA SECRETLY IMPORTS RUSSIAN OIL THROUGH SINGAPORE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sourced : Intelnews.org<\/p>\n

By Joseph Fitsanakis<\/p>\n

The government of North Korea uses intermediary firms in Singapore to import thousands of tons of Russian oil each year, according to a senior North Korean defector who has spoken publicly for the first time since his defection. Ri Jong-ho was a senior official in the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea under its previous leader, the late Kim Jong-il.<\/p>\n

He rose through the ranks of the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea and was directly mentored by Kim, who personally appointed him to a post in Bureau 39. The powerful body is in charge of securing much-needed foreign currency for Pyongyang \u2014often through illegal activities\u2014 and partly funds the personal accounts of the ruling Kim dynasty.<\/p>\n

From the mid-1990s until his 2014 defection, Ri spent nearly three decades in senior positions inside the DPRK. These included the chairmanship of the board of the Korea Kumgang Group, a state-managed firm that oversees large-scale economic activity in North Korea, such as constructing energy networks and commissioning oil and natural-gas exploration.<\/p>\n

Read more at : https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2017\/06\/29\/01-2132\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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