North Korea is like Wesley Snipes. In Pyongyang, it’s living the high life, flashing its bling, making it rain... but it doesn’t have any actual liquid capital to back up its lifestyle.
While Snipes was labeled a flight risk, North Korea has nowhere to flee to. (Don’t tell Kim Jong-un about Richard Branson’s planned intergalactic flight. Kim might never come back.) Now they’re stuck with a hollow hotel, loads of meaningless landmarks, and the pungent stink of grotesque excess. North Korea has written a big fat check that its butt cannot cash.
Questions About Wealth
- How does North Korea flaunt the wealth it does not have?
- Does North Korea have wealth?
- How do other countries enable North Korea’s decadent lifestyle?