http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/ News and analysis of the North Korean economy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:01:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/#comment-161375 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » After Kim Jong il Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:56:57 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/#comment-161375 [...] Insurance Comany, Mr. Kim’s job performance garnered international headlines (here and here) [...] […] Insurance Comany, Mr. Kim’s job performance garnered international headlines (here and here) […]

]]> http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/#comment-146215 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » DPRK defector discussed financial flows Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:30:16 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/#comment-146215 [...] Last week we mentioned the curious case of Kim Kwang Jin, a high-ranking defector who helped raise money for the North Korean government who is spending a year here in DC at the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.  This week he spoke to Fox News and painted a broad picture of the DPRK’s financial strategy: Trim and sharply dressed, his bushy head of hair dyed jet black, the 42-year-old Kim, once an English professor at a computer college in Pyongyang, speaks polite and fluent English, albeit in a halting style and with a heavy accent. [...] […] Last week we mentioned the curious case of Kim Kwang Jin, a high-ranking defector who helped raise money for the North Korean government who is spending a year here in DC at the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.  This week he spoke to Fox News and painted a broad picture of the DPRK’s financial strategy: Trim and sharply dressed, his bushy head of hair dyed jet black, the 42-year-old Kim, once an English professor at a computer college in Pyongyang, speaks polite and fluent English, albeit in a halting style and with a heavy accent. […]

]]> http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/#comment-144117 GI Korea Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:22:39 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/#comment-144117 I hate that the Kim regime is getting a big pay day from this but I can't feel sorry for the insurance company either because they were stupid enough to sign a contract with the North Koreans in the first place. I hate that the Kim regime is getting a big pay day from this but I can’t feel sorry for the insurance company either because they were stupid enough to sign a contract with the North Koreans in the first place.

]]> http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/#comment-143948 Gag Halfrunt Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:00:54 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/06/21/dprk-reinsurance-update/#comment-143948 "Oranges, apples, DVD players and blankets" don't sound like much of a reward for people who raise millions of dollars for the Dear Leader and might be tempted to divert some of it to their own back pockets. “Oranges, apples, DVD players and blankets” don’t sound like much of a reward for people who raise millions of dollars for the Dear Leader and might be tempted to divert some of it to their own back pockets.

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