Ri Jong: Korean and Ri

ri jong: The cash is likely to have been used for Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development, according to The Japan Times. The laborers are strictly supervised and do not get the pay. Office 39 takes away the salaries of North Korean workers and earns up to 100 million in cash annually, 59-year-old Ri Jong Ho, a former senior official of the secretive office, said in a recent interview in the U.S. capital. Senior officials of the North Korean authority there say that the workers are like slaves, exploited by South Korean companies, Ri said. It is subject to international sanctions as the United States and other Western countries believe it is engaged in illicit economic activities and the management of slush funds for the leadership. Ri has long been involved in the operation of Office 39, which is said to have been established by the late leader Kim Jong Il in May 1974. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.