News channel

■ Host: Anchor Kim Young-soo, Anchor Um Ji-min
■ Appearance: Han-Beom Cho, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for National Unification

* The text below may differ from the actual broadcast content, so please check the broadcast for more accurate content. quote poem [YTN 더뉴스] Please specify.

◇Anchor> And on the 15th, North Korea released a documentary film, in which Chairman Kim Jong-un appeared in a Mercedes-Benz Maybach SUV. What is known is that it goes up to the mid-200 million range. However, while we are under sanctions against North Korea, how should we view this, as expensive vehicles and luxury goods continue to flow into North Korea?

◆Cho Han-beom> In North Korea, Office 39 of the Workers’ Party operates overseas slush funds, and they also purchase them directly from Pyongyang. It goes through several steps. Kim Joo-ae also buys clothes directly. From what I heard. That’s because my friends overseas who procure North Korean luxury goods and agents have about 10 passports. So, if you buy it, you are not North Korean. Since you are purchasing and moving it legally, there is no way for Benz or other luxury goods dealers to know. Another thing is that if you sell it legally as a private person, if you sell it as a used product, no records are left, so you can’t stop it.

◇Anchor> Is it coming through Sinuiju or by land? Where do you come in?

◆Jo Han-beom> You can come in by train or by boat, so there is China. China is the space, and now we have Russia. If you actively participate in this, there is no stopping you.

◇Anchor> According to the UN sanctions resolution against North Korea, no transaction is allowed. They say Mercedes-Benz is also being investigated.

◆Jo Han-beom> If we investigate, firstly, we will know who first sold the net, but we cannot know whether that person was an agent or not. Then, if you go to the middle route, it gets cut off, and you can’t track it at a certain point.

◇Anchor> It looks like they are mocking the international community’s sanctions. All right. I will listen to today’s message up to this point. We found out with Cho Han-beom, senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification. Thank you.

Excerpt from conversation: Lee Mi-young, Digital News Team Editor

#YTranscript

※ ‘Your report becomes news’
[카카오톡] Search YTN and add channel
[전화] 02-398-8585
[메일] social@ytn.co.kr

[저작권자(c) YTN 무단전재, 재배포 및 AI 데이터 활용 금지]

#passports #North #Korean #agents #Direct #purchase #luxury #goods #ridiculed #international #community #Y녹취록
2024-01-22 07:50:00

[앵커]

The United States, which had vetoed the Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council, is delaying its passage by repeatedly requesting that the vote be postponed.

The U.S. Secretary of State explained the reason for delaying the vote, saying that discussions were needed to further increase humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, but his intentions appear to be different.

This is Washington correspondent Kwon Jun-ki.

[기자]
[호세 하비에르 도밍게즈 / 유엔 주재 에콰도르 대사 : 더 이상 발언 요청이 없으므로 회의를 마칩니다.]

The UN Security Council again ended its meeting without voting on a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The second vote was postponed at the request of the United States.

U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken said consultations are underway to come up with a resolution that the United States can agree to.

It is reported that a tug-of-war is underway over preventing Israel from inspecting humanitarian aid supplies entering the Gaza Strip.

[토니 블링컨 / 미국 국무장관 : 인도적 지원에 실질적 진전을 요구하고 물품 공급에 해를 끼치지 못하게 만들기 위해 복잡한 과정을 거치고 있습니다.]

Secretary Blinken urged Israel to minimize civilian casualties and expressed dissatisfaction with the international public opinion that did not voice condemnation of Hamas.

[토니 블링컨 / 미국 국무장관 : 하마스에게 민간인 뒤에 숨지 말고 무기를 내려놓으라고, 항복하라고 요구하는 목소리는 전혀 듣지 못했습니다.]

Some are also predicting that the United States is taking its time in the Security Council until the ceasefire negotiations underway in the Middle East are reached.

Amid the Palestinian Authority’s announcement that the number of casualties in the Gaza Strip exceeded 20,000, the UN Security Council decided to try again to vote on a ceasefire resolution on the 21st local time.

The New York Times reported that other council members are feeling frustrated by the United States’ repeated requests to postpone the vote, and that it seems unlikely that the United States will ultimately pass the resolution.

This is YTN Junki Kwon from Washington.

YTN Kwon Jun-ki (jkwon@ytn.co.kr)

※ ‘Your report becomes news’
[카카오톡] Search YTN and add channel
[전화] 02-398-8585
[메일] social@ytn.co.kr

[저작권자(c) YTN 무단전재, 재배포 및 AI 데이터 활용 금지]

#국제US #requests #delay #voting #ceasefire #resolution.. #consultations #needed
2023-12-20 22:36:00