. . COUNTRIES: NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong-Un Out-Spending Extravagant Father: UN Report . . Kim Jong-Un Out-Spending Extravagant Father: UN ReportNorth Korean leader raised $645 million for luxuries from ivory trade, underground sale of alcohol
By Julian Ryall, Tokyo 10:01AM GMT 19 February 2014http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/ 10648300/Kim-Jong-un-out-spending-extravagant-father-UN-report.html
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/nkyz4y9 . .The lavish spending of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, is even putting the excesses of his late father in the shade, according to the United Nations Commission of Inquiry into Pyongyang's human rights record.
.Spending on luxury goods by the North Korean regime climbed to $645.8 million in 2012, the year after Mr Kim assumed control after the death of Kim Jong-il, the commission's report stated. Records show that Kim Jong-il had treated himself to luxuries adding up to an average of $300 million a year.
.The imports included dozens of high-end Mercedes-Benz vehicles and musical instruments, including dozens of top-quality pianos. The report did not examine how the items were imported into North Korea, which is ostensibly under strict UN sanctions designed to halt the transfer of "luxury goods" to the regime.
.Mr Kim also reportedly spent a sizeable sum on a private theatre for 1,000 of his closest allies. Analysts say the dictator is attempting to buy the loyalty of key members of the regime in an effort to secure his power base.
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