pray_the_gay_away

And imported a billion $ worth of oil from ISIS, that seems like the more important story here..

Javik2186

Kim Jong-Un inspects gold bars. : "What about this? What can you tell me about these small shiny cakes?"

North Korean General: "That's solid gold imported for Israel, sir"

Kim Jong-Un: "What? Nah! Too Jewy. NUKE IT AGAIN!!!"

PM_ME_YOUR_BOOBS2

What the fuck, why would they do that?

ElspethTirel

You mean, why would an xenophobic, authoritarian society run by a genocidal and racial supremacist leader support another closed off, totalitarian society? I wish I really knew.

pitenius

Because Israel has a hand in the diamond market. North Korea manufactures diamonds. Oh, it's easy enough to do: carbon, heat, pressure -- but if you try it in the "free world" you'll get bought up or shut down by DeBeers' cartel. Not that it matters anyway, because Russia alone could collapse that market with undistributed reserves.

Gold, on the other hand, is a bit harder to make. I think Israel probably caved on some threats of releasing diamonds. $400k is chump change, based on what they might have lost over... 100,000 high grade, large manufactured diamonds.

tcp

They did it in hopes of improving the demeanor of Glorious Rweader by letting him have his gold-plated commode and hot tub.