How does a country like Nort Korea seem to have endless money for its army and develop nuclear weapons despite being one of the most sanctionned country in the world?
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Most of their income comes from illegal means – they are behind some of the largest hacks in the world, many of the frauds being run on regular US Citizens (car warranty, IRS payments, etc.), they are heavily involved in the drug trade, and actually produce and export some stuff like coal, metals (iron, tungsten), and even oil.
Much of their technology is stolen as well, so they don’t have the immense overhead of trying to develop technologies from scratch, like the US does.
Although their total GDP is low, they are a (true) communist country where the state (the government) controls all wages and money. So they decide how much you make, how much the government keeps, and so on.
With all those controls, they simply keep their populace extremely poor and use the money “saved” to fund their weapons program. This is why they are constantly seeking international FOOD aid to feed their population.
Many people refer to North Korea as the “Hermit Kingdom” but in reality, it’s just one massive criminal enterprise like the drug cartels, mafia, etc.
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