No iPods For Kim Jong Il January 30, 2007

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Dictator and much-loved movie puppet, Kim Jong Il will not be getting any of the high-tech and other luxury items he desires. At least that’s the official line from the US Commerce Department, which has banned exports of iPods, fast cars and luxury booze to North Korea. Of course, there’s no black market for these things, is there?

Other goods on the list include Kim’s alleged favourite tipple – cognac – as well as jet skis and designer clothes. The sanctions on luxury items are designed to hurt only the country’s elite, the US explained.

Apparently Kim likes to toss his generals the odd trinket when he’s not busy driving the country’s population into the dirt.

If you ever wondered what happens when you conduct a rogue nuclear test, now you know. Not exactly the death penalty, but close.-Martin Lynch

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