Inside Kim's Billion Dollar Secret: How North Korea Beat US With 'Sanction Proof' War Chest
North Korea was supposed to be strangled by sanctions. Instead, Kim Jong Un’s regime may have amassed as much as $22 billion in foreign revenue
North Korea was supposed to be strangled by sanctions. Instead, Kim Jong Un’s regime may have amassed as much as $22 billion in foreign revenue between 2022 and 2025, according to a Bloomberg Economics analysis. So how did one of the world’s most isolated regimes build such a massive financial war chest? A major part of the answer appears to be Russia. North Korea supplied Moscow with huge quantities of ammunition and reportedly deployed thousands of troops, creating lucrative new revenue streams while potentially gaining access to military technology.
Estimates suggest Russia-related cooperation accounted for a substantial share of Pyongyang’s recent foreign earnings. But Kim’s money machine goes beyond weapons. North Korea has also become a major player in cryptocurrency theft, with hacking groups linked to Pyongyang accounting for a significant share of global crypto thefts. The result? A regime that remains heavily sanctioned is simultaneously expanding its nuclear arsenal, modernising its military and building increasingly sophisticated warships and weapons. Watch the full report to uncover how Kim Jong Un allegedly turned sanctions, Russia’s war and cybercrime into a multi-billion-dollar survival machine.
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