Revealed: North Korea's diplomatic missions double as trade brokers - Daily NK English

Revealed: North Korea's diplomatic missions double as trade brokers - Daily NK English

North Korea’s overseas diplomatic missions broker trade and investment deals through their economic and trade counselor’s departments and collect commission fees on transactions, according to a recently obtained document. The government can legally collect fees of up to 5% on successful deals, which are then used to fund diplomatic mission budgets. Daily NK recently obtained a copy of “Regulations on Economic and Trade Counselor’s Departments, E…