A North Korean Taekwondo grandmaster may have engaged in illicit arms trafficking in Southeast Asia, according to an upcoming U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by NK News.
Ri Chol Nam, a longtime resident of Cambodia, allegedly traded weapons and acquired and resold bulletproof vests on behalf of North Korea, the report states, along with diamonds and gold.
A North Korean Taekwondo grandmaster may have engaged in illicit arms trafficking in Southeast Asia, according to an upcoming U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by NK News.
Ri Chol Nam, a longtime resident of Cambodia, allegedly traded weapons and acquired and resold bulletproof vests on behalf of North Korea, the report states, along with diamonds and gold.
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