A former high-ranking government official gives an in-depth look at the business of North Korea.
In the center: State-organized drug trafficking.
Pyongyang - Insiders rarely speak openly about the machinations of North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-un. Even if irritating reports from the isolated state repeatedly reach the world. Senior government employees who overflow and reveal state secrets are even rarer. That is life-threatening. Accordingly, the British broadcaster BBC News withholds the real name of its source in a recent article. What this reports throws an alarming spotlight on alleged drug, arms and shadow deals in North Korea.
The secret service colonel quoted by the BBC claims to have risen to the highest level of the North Korean secret services within 30 years.
He describes these as the "eyes, ears and brain of the Supreme Leader".
What he reveals from his time there is sensational.
For example, he sent hired killers to eliminate unpleasant critics and even set up a drug laboratory so that money could flow into the state coffers.
North Korea: Kim Jong US secret service colonel overflows and reveals bizarre machinations
Kim Kuk-song describes himself, the name was changed by the BBC, as "the redest of the reds", as a loyal North Korean communist who served the system. But even that apparently no guarantee for his safety and that of his family. In 2014, Kim fled to South Korea and, according to the report, works for the South Korean secret service.
What he describes is a government that is trying by all means to get money.
Be it through drug deals, but also through arms exports to the Middle East and African countries.
Furthermore, the alleged defector claims that the espionage and cyber networks of North Korea are able to infiltrate all states.
The BBC itself made it clear, however, that it was not possible to verify all allegations.
However, it was possible to confirm the identity of its source and to find corroborating evidence for its claims.
Above all, the deep insights that the former colonel gives into the drug business in North Korea are explosive.
In the 1990s, during the catastrophic period of hunger, the order was issued to raise "revolutionary funds" for the Supreme Leader.
Drug money.
Drug deals in North Korea: Former colonel gives shocking insights into the system
"After I was assigned the task, I brought three foreigners to North Korea and set up a production base and manufactured drugs in the training center of the Labor Party's 715 Liaison Office," said Kim.
It was crystal meth.
However, the money itself did not find its way to the population, who died in their thousands as a result of food shortages.
Some sources put hundreds of thousands up to a million.
Because: "All the money in North Korea belongs to the North Korean leader," says Kim.
Kim himself claims that he led a privileged life in North Korea.
Until Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011 and saw some of the old elites as a threat.
A cleanup followed.
So he ordered his uncle Jang Song-thaek to be executed.
"I was more than surprised, it was a fatal blow and I was horrified," said Kim.
“I immediately felt that my life was in danger.
I knew that I could no longer exist in North Korea. ”Since 2014 he has lived in South Korea with his family.
According to him, nothing has changed in North Korea since then.
“The strategy that we have set up will be continued.
What you need to know is that North Korea hasn't changed by 0.01 percent. "
(Aka)
