North Korean leader Pudgy Kim Jong-un has bought a new armored Mercedes-Benz. A source on Wednesday said the North bought the car from Germany in late October and had it shipped to Pyongyang.
The source said the German carmaker spent several months customizing the car to specifications provided by North Korean security officials.
| Nice to see our friends adhering to the sanctions... |
UN Security Council resolutions specifically ban the sale of premium cars, jewels, yachts and other high-end goods to North Korea.
The source said North Korea bought the car through a trading company set up in China to evade the ban. It was brought into North Korea in late October disguised as a generally traded product and passed through a customs checkpoint in Dandong.
| Boy howdy, no one ever thought the Norks would try to evade the sanctions, did they... |
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