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High-Level Defector Suggests North Korea Employs State-Sponsored Schemes to
Elude Sanctions

Baik Sung-won

   WASHINGTON - Christy Lee contributed to this report, which originated
   on VOA's Korean Service.

   A high-level North Korean defector who delivered millions of dollars to
   Pyongyang's elite as a trusted, overseas trader, suggests the Kim
   regime is employing state-sponsored strategies to elude international
   sanctions on oil needed to maintain its military and economy.

   [1]Ri Jong Ho defected to South Korea with his family in 2014, soon
   after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed his own uncle Jang Song
   Thaek in 2013.

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/executions-brutal-purges-prompted-high-level-north-korean-official-defect

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