By How? By banning Japanese cars of course:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has ordered most Japanese cars in the communist country seized in a sign of his growing discontent with Japan imposing severe sanctions after the North’s detonation of a nuclear bomb last October, informed sources said Monday.
"After he paid tribute to the Kumsusan Memorial Palace on Jan. 1, he saw a Japanese car that wasn’t working blocking the road and gave a National Defense Committee edict to seize Japanese cars," a source familiar with the North Korean situation said, asking to remain anonymous. North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il-sung’s embalmed body lies in the memorial in Pyongyang.
I’m willing to bet Hyundai’s ownership wishes they could do this in South Korea as well. Notice the wording "most Japanese cars" which probably means all Japanese cars accept all those that Kim Jong-il and the rest of his mafia regime owns.
HT: Japan Probe
12:23 pm on February 20th, 2007 1
How many people in North Korea would be able to afford a set of second hand Japanese wheels anyway, whilst the privileged and assorted VIPs get around in Mercs.
1:28 pm on February 20th, 2007 2
We'll have a lot of pissed of chaebol and gyopos on our hands if he starts siezing Lexus'.
3:08 pm on February 20th, 2007 3
I wonder if this is as a means to bring in cash flow, i.e. sieze the cars, sell them in China and keep the cash?
It is fortunate the accounts at Banco Delta Asia are locked up.
1:46 pm on February 22nd, 2007 4
Auto repossession North Korea Style…
From Yonhap News-
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has ordered most Japanese cars in the communist country seized in a sign of his growing discontent with Japan imposing severe sanctions after the North’s detonation o….
8:28 am on October 10th, 2007 5
Japanese cars are the only ones running in north korea, it seems foolish to rid of them.