North Korean leader Kim Jong-un started using the Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 for business trips. reports Yonhap News Agency. At the same time, according to international sanctions, the import of luxury goods, including expensive cars, into North Korea is prohibited.
Footage shown by North Korean central television on Monday showed Kim Jong Un getting out of a black SUV with the State Affairs Commission emblem on the rear door on the right side, according to the publication.
It was noted that Kim Jong-un appeared in public with various Mercedes-Benz vehicles, ignoring international sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
In October, it was revealed that Kim Jong Un and his family spend millions of dollars a year on luxury goods despite the country’s chronic food shortages and economic difficulties worsened by sanctions and the coronavirus.
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