Black market business is his specialty
Strangely, Kim Jong-un lived a glamorous life, but his source of living funds does not appear to be clean. Kim earns $50 million (\5.4 billion) a year through counterfeiting dollar bills and trafficking drugs, some of which appear to support Kim Jong-un’s flashy life. It is estimated that North Korea is tolerant of drugs and about 30% of the people are using them. Drug trafficking appears to be a valuable means of acquiring foreign currency on the border area with China.

Strong military power
North Korea has a population of about 25 million, ranking 51st in the world, which is not an unusually high figure. But according to the CIA data, there are nearly 1.19 million active duty soldiers. If the estimates are correct, military personnel make up close to 5% of the total population, including infants and the elderly. Even China, which is aggressively promotes military power, has a ratio of 0.18%. It is clear that North Korea is heavily inclined toward military force.

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