In this undated photo released on Monday July 13, 2009 by Korean Central News Agency and provided on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, by Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, visits Taedonggang Tile Factory, in North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)My Three Sons -- Newsweek
North Korea's First Family Isn't Like You and Me. (Or anyone, really.)
The government of North Korea is a giant criminal syndicate, or so it is generally believed. The rulers of the Hermit Kingdom allegedly profit from selling opium and running a black market in weapons technology, pushing missiles and nuclear know-how on the likes of Syria and Pakistan. It has been widely reported that the North Koreans make additional ill-gotten gains from counterfeiting passports and currency. Some of this may be exaggerated. It could be, for instance, that North Korea merely peddles bogus $100 bills that are made in China. But there is no doubt that control of the government in Pyongyang is a rich, if tainted, prize. While roughly a third of the population is malnourished, the rulers can divvy up a $40 billion economy that draws on North Korea's plentiful natural resources, including gold. The question is, who gets the gold?
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