Bureau 39: Kim's Cash Machine
How is it possible that North Korea, one of the poorest countries on earth finances a nuclear weapons program large enough to challenge the USA? The answer: Bureau 39, a legendary organization nestled deep inside the government apparatus. Its aim is to procure foreign exchange by any means possible to provide Kim Jong-un’s regime with money.
- Year: 2020
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
- Studio: A&O Buero Filmproduktion, ZDFinfo, DR TV, RTS, NRK, VRT, YLE, Vice Studios
- Keyword: secret organization, kim jong-un, north korea, slush fund
- Director: Sebastian Weis
- Cast: Remco Breuker, Hugh Griffiths, Kyun-Chul Seong, Koh Young-Hwan, Simon Choi