N. Korean banking official takes $5 million in ‘revolutionary funds’ and runs

By World Tribune on September 11, 2014   BB NE Asia, Exclusives, Intel Brief, NE Asia, North Korea, Top Stories, World Links  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — The defection of a senior North Korean banking official who managed slush funds for leader Kim Jong-Un was prompted by the fear of being purged, sources and analysts here said. Yun Tae-Hyong, the chief representative of the North’s Korea Daesong Bank, was on the run in remote eastern […]