The North Korean embassy in London has accrued over $350,000 worth of unpaid traffic-related fines, a ministerial statement presented to the House of Commons revealed on Tuesday.

In a written statement, Mark Simmonds, parliamentary under-secretary of state for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, reported that the DPRK Embassy in London has built up debts of $333,163.12 in unpaid congestion charge since 2003, and $17,671.44 in unpaid parking tickets since last year.

While North Korea’s congestion charge fines paled in comparison with the United States – ranked worst offender in London – their unpaid parking fines were surprisingly high given the small