http://rokdrop.com/2008/10/06/north-korea-in-five-years-spent-65-million-on-weapons/ Korea From North to South Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://rokdrop.com/2008/10/06/north-korea-in-five-years-spent-65-million-on-weapons/comment-page-1/#comment-236168 OneFreeKorea » How Many Divisions Does Ban Ki Moon Have? Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:09:18 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=9447#comment-236168 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] By comparison, the North had received just under $200 million in food aid from the World Food Program annually at the peak of WFP operations in 2005.  For more context, the USA Today link above estimates North Korea’s “national income,” which I suppose means something similar to GDP, at about $26 bilion; however, Nicholas Eberstadt would tell you that the actual figure would be about twice that if it included the North’s illicit income.  I have seen various experts estimate that North Korea spends about 30% of its budget on the military, although no one can claim to have an authoritative figure or source for it.  See also ROK Drop. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] By comparison, the North had received just under $200 million in food aid from the World Food Program annually at the peak of WFP operations in 2005.  For more context, the USA Today link above estimates North Korea’s “national income,” which I suppose means something similar to GDP, at about $26 bilion; however, Nicholas Eberstadt would tell you that the actual figure would be about twice that if it included the North’s illicit income.  I have seen various experts estimate that North Korea spends about 30% of its budget on the military, although no one can claim to have an authoritative figure or source for it.  See also ROK Drop. [...]

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