Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps | G-Class vehicle used at the 2018 Inter-Korean summit
A Mercedes Benz G-Class SUV used by the North Korean delegation at a summit in 2018 has no clear seller or distributor, raising questions about possible illicit channels Pyongyang may have used to obtain the luxury vehicle.
Daimler AG, the makers of Mercedes-Benz, this month told NK News that it was unable to trace how North Korea obtained the “G Wagon” seen supporting Kim Jong Un at the April 2018 inter-Korean summit at Panmunjom.
The vehicle could be seen driving ahead of Kim Jong Un’s armored limousine — also a Mercedes — and was seen in a convoy
A Mercedes Benz G-Class SUV used by the North Korean delegation at a summit in 2018 has no clear seller or distributor, raising questions about possible illicit channels Pyongyang may have used to obtain the luxury vehicle.
Daimler AG, the makers of Mercedes-Benz, this month told NK News that it was unable to trace how North Korea obtained the “G Wagon” seen supporting Kim Jong Un at the April 2018 inter-Korean summit at Panmunjom.
Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.