Where Does Kim Jong-Un Get His Cash? | Inside North Korea's Bureau 39 | North Korea Documentary
How is it possible that North Korea, one of the poorest countries on earth finances a nuclear weapons programme large enough to challenge the USA? The answer: Bureau 39, a legendary organization nestled deep inside the government apparatus. Its aim is to procure foreign exchange by any means possible to provide Kim Jong-un’s regime with money.
Printing dollars, dealing drugs, smuggling arms, insurance fraud, human trafficking - nothing is too unscrupulous for North Korea’s money-makers.
Years of research have given us unique access to insiders. They reveal the most spectacular cases and breath-taking tricks of how North Korea has been circumventing UN sanctions to finance its nuclear arsenal for decades.
This documentary was first released in 2020. The video was reuploaded due to technical issues.
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Hard to believe, we still turn a blind eye to this, it’s time to stop this trade…
Do u think North Korea will just stay put if we cut them out of the trade? I’m sure a lot of innocent people will suffer…
And how do we stop all of this? What's your perfect plan? Lol. North Korea has Nukes...and China will help defend North Korea because with China having a North Korea, keeps the US and NATO off and away from Chinas border which is what China wants. It's why China funds almost 70% of North Koreas GDP.
It’s okay Russia will be doing the trading …
Isn't it more important to understand how he's getting the uranium, components and technical knowledge as well as the skilled labor to build these ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads.
This is a valid point
Your forgetting that North Korea was financed by the Soviets before the fall. Soviet scientists were some of the most intelligent and influential people to the world. I’m sure the close ties he has with Russia and China are allowing him to be able to obtain the necessary documents and resources to make ballistic and nuclear warheads.
@@Kimbosache yes you're right I wasn't thinking about that. He's a very scary dude!
@@Kimbosache I feel like there is a good chance it will bite China and Russia in the ass when Kim launches a nuke at them. It would be like giving a crazy guy with mental instability a gun and saying "just use this on others ok?".
NK has bilateral agreements with Zimbabwe since the 80s. Thats were they get uranium.
Jong-un is so selfish, some day he won't have a country to run as they will be dead from simple, preventable, things such as hunger & disease. Famine doesn't belong in a rich country, but Jong-un can't see past his own stomach. Disgusting! 😿😾
Stomach? That thing is a size of a planet!!
How does this place still exist in the 21st century is an utter mystery to me.
Kim has program the citizens mind and drive fear in the people
mystery? not really... people just ignorant...
Because of the fear of nuclear warfare.
because for hundreds of years they have been oppresing people and keeping the regime alive. It's not so easy to just go and overthrow a dictator that has been in power for many years. They have a military of approximately 1 million. Who is going to go fight them? And what about refugees?
Money...
Watching again, after the upload. Thanks for keeping it in circulation.
When that man said Floor 39 what are we talking about? Skyscrapers? He looked genuinely scared 😲
Floor 3 office 9
He had the look of deflection and lying.
Of course the United States and the UN Council refused to admit that there's a funeral 39 that prints fake US currency because if they were to ignore llege that is going on, it would further reduce the value of the US dollar even more than it is now so it makes perfect sense why we deny it
@@lisagoodwin3841I saw that too!
He owns a string of weight loss clinics and of course a counterfeiting business.
Superb investigative report.
The other day while doing my gratitude list, I gave thanks I wasn't born in North Korea!
Like wise here
same, like im worried sick about my exam but at least i wont get shot
Yes, I give thanks for that every day.
Me too, and there are quite a few other countries I'm glad I wasn't born in too!
After watching this and several other videos on NorthKorea , I do that every day
6:20 High rises. No elevators in buildings under 10 floors. People must walk up and down stairs in all the new high rises, or risk being trapped in the lift when the power is suddenly shut off. You could live on the 30th floor or higher, and have to take the stairs every day. The elderly are not given lower floors. They must also carry their water and food up many flights, daily. The water pressure is so low, there is no water above the 14th or 15 floor in most buildings. Toilets are useless. They must save their feces anyway, to be collected and used as fertilizer. Throughout the city, no fire hydrants. No ramps or any handicapped access anywhere. Stairs everywhere. 19:58 If the worker flees, 3 generations of his family will be sent to a concentration camp, or publicly executed.
Aren't defectors condemning their wives, kids, parents, etc. to death, then, by defecting?
@AniMageNeBy Yes. The only thing they can think is: cut losses, grieve later, start a new family in the South. Life isn't fair.
@@JuliusCaesar888 ... Geez. That's f- weird. One considers one's own family, wife, and kids as just collateral damage and as "losses to be cut"? Seems an extremely self-centered attitude, frankly. Basically, it's "me first, and damn the rest".
What you describe happens in most third world countries, herein south america I see people even in worst conditions than north koreans and the corrupt goverments are backed up by U.S. So the problem is the greed specially that from American Corporations.
He and his family. Stole it from the poor people.
All the dictator will pay the wrong doing like Sadam hussein.😮😢
He's reaction too the question off 39 tells it all.
Of course the United States and the UN Council refused to admit that there's a funeral 39 that prints fake US currency because if they were to ignore llege that is going on, it would further reduce the value of the US dollar even more than it is now so it makes perfect sense why we deny it
To* of* 😂
Great film! I'm so shocked!
Indeed, but in the beginning when that man claimed north korea is capitalist, was such an ignorant statement....
Thank you for sharing this on KZhead so the world may know. May the divine intervention from God be coming soon.
14:00 what a sweet tour guide. I only saw what was shown in the video and it might not seem like a big deal but when you’re overseas traveling like that a helpful and easy going tour guide makes all the difference in the world
Russia and China help Kim Jong un The leadership of this Countrys are also accountable for the crimes !
What a sick world this is
The worlds beatiful its the people. Humanity
@@robramsay6408 agreed. I love nature. I just can't stand people
Trivia: I always wondered why the soldiers mostly officers wore so many medals and pins on their uniforms. It turns out that the medals and pins (awards) worn are inherited from three generations who earned them. I’m wondering if Russia (Putin) has investigated the reliability and quality of North Korean military produced equipment especially ammunition used in artillery and mortars. One report noted the failure rate was incredible from “duds” to overcharged and undercharged loadings which are dangerous to personnel and equipment. I’m sure Kim will sell as much weapons as Putin has the money for.
The officers are allowed to wear the ribbons and medals of their fathers and grabdfathers military service. If not, the current officers would have zero medals and ribbons....North Korea hasn't been involved in a war since 1953....so....another scary part of that is, you have thousands of inexperienced officers giving orders lol
@@nexpro6118i
@@nexpro6118 The most dangerous thing in a combat zone is an officer with a map 😂😅
@@nexpro6118why is that scary? Most young officers in the military today have little or no experience.
I believe the weapons that were duds during the Korean War came from China 😂
I find it terribly wrong to not have all of Russia currently sanctioned & the mistreatment from one country to another is appearing unfair. What will everyone do when North Korea succeeds on its own. Sit around looking like the big bullies they make us out to be? And I’m an American saying this. The inability to treat each other as we want to be treated is so sad when we’re supposed to be adults.
Get a grip Welchy....This is the real world...
Kind of impressive, to be honest.
They’ve go bureau 39. We have the IRS and the FED.
"The legs of the lame are not equal so are parables in the mouth of fools"
Oh! So sad!😢
If only we could know exactly what goes on in the head of a North Korean dictator.
You can! There are methods to find that out. Let me give you a hint; Food, sex and money and to retain power at all costs!
@@MaciusSzwed +self-preservation
" The heart of man is desperately wicked who can know it " What this is saying is.... the North Korean leaders don't even know how wicked their hearts are. Neither you or I can know how wicked our hearts are. So therefore guard your heart with all diligent for out of the heart come the issue of life or death.
would have been better without the overly dramatic music
This is really outrageous someone has to free these poor people from their misery
Whilst I understand the sentiment, look where freeing Iraq , Afghanistan, Libya has gotten to . Looks like even worse. The only way the system will collapse is by its own doing, much like how the Berlin wall 🧱 fell.
yes so true. free n korea from usa bullying!! go n korea
At what cost? Nuclear war?
Who decides what freedom is? You can argue that the west is enslaved by money, tech, decadence, and debauchery
@@lobola956 do you always find it ironic how like, 99.9% of people in the US who are not wealthy, always try to tell the ones who are wealthy, how greedy and evil they are lol
I am amazed.These guys (N.C.) are really good.Keep it up.
Of course the United States and the UN Council refused to admit that there's a funeral 39 that prints fake US currency because if they were to ignore llege that is going on, it would further reduce the value of the US dollar even more than it is now so it makes perfect sense why we deny it
What was the musical piece at the very end…it’s not listed?
Too bad he doesn't invest it in New York and LA real estate, like some of the CCP members that got rich, someday intimate domain shall retrieve it.
I heard Florida is best
We agree
05:38 It's amazing that so many intelligent people cannot pronounce the word nuclear
I’ve seen North Korean officials walking in Monaco a few years ago. What the fuck did they do here?
they don’t have the right to walk in a democratic country
That country is one big prison.
To quote an episode of South Park “you are the Walmart”
The Benz are called the Ann Geller merc hells
41:09 lol I doubt that occidental kids could do that. Maybe the Koreans got something right here 🤣
Even with the revelations in this documentary people will just go to the store pick out a name brand pay for it and go about their lives. Do they look to see where it's made? What do they care, it's not affecting their lives. It's the complacency we enjoy. If it doesn't directly impact our lives, it's not our problem. Until of course that maniac decides to push the button and return your purchases.
This is mostly correct except that last part. The reality of the North Korea Nuclear program is that it's nothing more than saber rattling intended to ensure the continuation of the regime and intended to keep the people of North Korea in line. Fact is they use their nuclear program as a propaganda boost. In the same light as they do their massive military parades. It's all a show of power for the common North Korean. At worst the entire goal of North Korea is the reunification of Korea. But under the control of the Kim family. South Korea's goals have included the reunification of Korea as well. But under their Republic. Kim isn't going to nuke his neighbors nor is he ignorant enough to think attempting to Nuke the US would end in anything short of a new North Korean Parking Lot where North Korea is now. Something that isn't commonly known to the people of North Korea and often forgotten by the US is that current dictator Kim Jong Un attended the private International School of Berne in Gümligen in Switzerland under the name "Chol-pak" or "Pak-chol" from 1993 to 1998. He was described as shy, a good student who got along well with his classmates, and was a basketball fan. He's also friends with Dennis Rodman, of the Chicago Bulls, his favorite team. So given that he was educated in a western nation and his favorite Basketball team is the Chicago Bulls. And given that he is well aware that the only reason North Korea has survived as a nation this lone is that the US and China have allowed it to exist. Give me a good reason he would nuke the country where his favorite basketball team is and one of his friends lives ? He's not a manic he's a well educated individual who is using the nation he inherited as his own piggy bank and maintaining his position by displays of power. Oh not to mention he's well aware that he is illegally getting money from the US and other western countries, and that attacking the largest Importer of Asian made goods will piss off big daddy China and get his ass removed from power with a Chinese made bullet or missile to the face. I'm just saying as much as the Chinese like to play chicken with the US . They are more about their money and were one of if not the biggest single importer of their goods. And money makes the world go round. General rule is don't bite the hand that feeds you.
This country needs to stop and free all his citizens period.
I FIND IT SO HARD TO BELIEVE NORTH KOREANS PEOPLE ALLOW THIS DICTARORSHIP TO BE,THEY SEE THE SOUTH AND HOW IT PROSPERS YET THEY KNEEL TO A DICTATOR,WHY????
The majority of them have no knowledge of the outside word. Many of them do not even know God is real. Their children are actually taught that they worship their leaders as gods. It's sad. Gotta pray for them.
From the people who don't kill him
90 Euros is just, 98 bucks in US Dollars.... and if North Korea makes on average a billion dollars a year off this labor, that would mean that each worker is Promised around 600 US dollars a month but they're really only getting 98 US dollars a month. This is based on the, 150k labor workers swnt around the world each year
For good or ill, what we didn't do was invade the DPRK using a pretext in say 1992. We wasted a stack of time on Iraq.
Some of these are really good ideas on the business side js
Good business ideas ..? Currency forging, amphetamine production, oil & coal smuggling or workforce trafficking to other countries ..??? Yeah, great business ideas Welchy...🙄
America is no better.
The question is where does America gets its cash from? Answer : From Selling weapons And From The Petrodollar Scam
Fair enough said Kim whatever Ung or Chung and Chee .....
Why doesn't anyone do anything about it, whatever the cost may be?
Go ahead, what’s stopping you?
Ummmm....because of war and nukes....tens of millions would die.....
If a construction company (like in Poland) were to get 3k workers and pay them just 2k dollars per month less than promised/or what the average worker gets, for a 1 year construction project, would save that company, 72 million in wages in just 1 year....i can see why north koreans are used for labor.
And then Polish taxpayer money goes into NATO programs to combat North Korea. There's an expression "cutting off the nose to spite the face" which describes the situation.
2k a month in Poland? Lol
to stop this injustice the world must ban all north Korean slave workers immediately. where you find evil good can exist if you intervene
Im gone open a bureau 38!
Okay, now we have these intelligence and we do nothing with it😂😂😂😂😂😂
Typical. We should start by not buying those brand names that are produced in North Korea.
Because Kim's family is in charge of these "intelligence".
He looks like he eats a lot of sweets
To much sweets And very unhealthy
Cash before DELIVERY😂😅😢
Start a page where ideas and options can be discussed as to HOW we as ordinary people can do something to free the people of North Korea. It is such a repressive state but a few tunnels could be an area or topic to start with.
And how do we stop all of this? What's your perfect plan? Lol. North Korea has Nukes...and China will help defend North Korea because with China having a North Korea, keeps the US and NATO off and away from Chinas border which is what China wants. It's why China funds almost 70% of North Koreas GDP.
All they have to do is ask biden to come get them
You gotta figure it out
this country is to be taken seriously the US has to unify korea what ever it takes .
And how do we stop all of this? What's your perfect plan? Lol. North Korea has Nukes...and China will help defend North Korea because with China having a North Korea, keeps the US and NATO off and away from Chinas border which is what China wants. It's why China funds almost 70% of North Koreas GDP.
2023… how many more decades, 50 yrs, 100’s of years … is normal humanity going to allow this to continue?
Unfortunately since they now have nuclear weapons that can hit the US mainland it's much harder to invade and stop kim. He would for sure favor both countries being destroyed rather than just have him removed from leadership.
He uses cash app
MY GOD!
North Korea is a John Woo movie
why you let this country built their consulate in other country while you can’t enter in their country 🤮🤮🤮🤮
ligjet gjithe shtetev. duhet rrespektohen. politika globale duhet ndryshohet
What are those brands ? I will never buy them again ? I will not buy anything when i know this now
:$ good day
The North Koreans look so unhappy
Kims probably making money from the ads i keep having to watch too
The place look a lot Better than a lot of other places.
No it doesn’t
They don't show both nice and ugly places equally or more of them.
Wine me Dine me 39 me!😊
Robbing Kim
The people looks like robots, and joun un 😮😮
🇰🇵🚀⚛️💪👍 North Korea 👍💪⚛️🚀🇰🇵
Forgive me I have crossed a little bit standing on the beach
I dont understand how N.K can be such a threat. A nuke taking off out of there could be taken out with no problem at all. Not to mention iam sure there would be plenty of knowledge of it getting ready to happen
I think North Korea Exist because it is all part of the plan by the world controllers.
@@DonnySath - Yes, indeed, - the "world controllers", simply: the modern West, always need a "threat", "nuclear", "terrorist" or otherwise - to justify its existence to the public and impose their measures. A show called "North Korea" can serve many purposes for the West...
There is simply no place on planet earth for NK in its current shape or form..
TAK REZYM!!PIENIADZ DLA KIMUSIA!!!!
Pyongyang hotel is a silo/missile storage underground........that's why the hotel remains unfinished
qysh jam. deklaru edhe mah heret. vizita. ndashta mah gjat. do te jet koren veriore keshtu e kam shkru nuk gaboj
They may have the 4th largest army in the world, but if the bombs start falling on them most would drop their antique guns and run for the hills.
This film looks like a propaganda too
Aloe of the time I just hear them saying kill me im worthless
This documentary doesn't add up. When interviewed workers sent to Poland, they mention " no freedom " and miserable working conditions. All refugees from NK says there is not even word for these, they don't have the concept of compassion neither
They do though. Information frequently leaks in. And people talk. Also I suspect they have a lot less freedom abroad than even at home.
Poland is cool with this? God I hope one day the NK people will be free
If a construction company (like in Poland) were to get 3k workers and pay them just 2k dollars per month less than promised/or what the average worker gets, for a 1 year construction project, would save that company, 72 million in wages in just 1 year....i can see why north koreans are used for labor.
Yeah what he said!😂😊
Rocket 🚀 man lol
And the ufos
rinija. me pelqen shum. rinija jan te paster
They are great wages and living conditions compared to living inside North Korea
I love South Korea, best country ever
You live there ?
A bit racists against South East Asians tho
Piffzyie is my friend
Mobile scare box games an Playstation game Tera online stuff like that gives NK a lot of money
koren veriut. nuk deshiroj. te jet izuluar. ka me qen shtet i hapur per te gjitha shtetet. ligji duhet rrespektohet qdo shteti
The world 🌍 is unable to study north Korea and its a big worry
And micheal
And a child knows Saudi Arabia financially backed 911 but they attacked Afghanistan and lost big time
There must be no sinners in north korea because everything is a crime punishable by death often
"close ties to Cambodia for decades..."....!? So, that would effectively mean that the Kim family had "close ties" to Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.... "Birds of a Feather....."
Although nuclear weapons cost a lot to build, but North Korea pays its soldiers pennies compared to the U.S. so NK can afford to build these weapons.
Really well made, with deep going investigative journalism. Specially the end managed to really touch me and made me really feel for the horrible conditions the North Korean people are living in, slaves to a fat and spoiled little Tyrant, that the world would be much better off without. Unfortunately the regime is providing a kind of stability, that will just be replaced by chaos if 3 generations of Kim are suddenly replaced by a confusing void.
What the hell was wrong with those north Korean children, while watching a proj3ction screen they were flapping their hands around?
Sanctions like on N Korea sounds reasonable and logical. But we might think what we achieve with it. The boss has his rockets and bombs but the people are suffering. And the sanctions will not change that. And our, the USA top repeats that, over and over again. Isn't it about time we THINK of what we do, what do we achieve?
Notice how clean neat and orderly their subway is. No graffiti on the walls or trains. Everyone riding the train is minding their own business and keep to themselves. Makes you think twice about free countries. The sad part is I fought for that freedom.
All that tenuous facade of peacefulness is fear-driven.
@@derbezacesanchez3779When they know the dog is chained and wont reach, they grab a long stick and poke it mercilessly. But when the dog is let loose, growling in their ear, they drop the stick, look down in fear and become the cowards they've always been. The protesters of the free lands do so only knowing their governments allow them to do so. But should it ever be that government decides to take freedoms away, I can guarantee 99% of these so called protesters will not take to the streets.
Results speak for themselves
@@derbezacesanchez3779 we need some of that fear. So sick of being afraid of citizens and living in filth.
True.....but at what price?
Caj cilik