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Investigations Fur coats and strength pills: North Korea’s curious exportsA fur coat company and pills with remarkable benefits featured in DPRK's Foreign Trade Magazine ![]() Fur coats and pills that claim to increase strength are among some of North Korea’s more unusual exports, according to the most recent issue of Foreign Trade magazine, a publication which covers DPRK companies looking to sell their products abroad. The magazine has a two-page spread featuring the Taehung Fur Trading Corporation, a North Korean company which makes leather, fur garments and artificial furs for export, claiming to have shipped its products to “Asia and Europe.” © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |