Sanctions Fail to Stop Kim Jong Un Snapping Up Luxury Watches, Bags

Kim Jong Un arriving in Artyom, near Vladivostok on Sept. 16.Source: Governor of the Russian far eastern region of Primorsky Krai Oleg Kozhemyako telegram channel/AP Photo
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North Korea has resumed its buying of high-end watches, famous brand bags and designer clothes for Kim Jong Un, his family and aides despite an international ban on luxury good exports to the country, according to South Korea’s unification ministry.

The volume of the products imported to North Korea from areas near its borders with Russia and China has been recovered from the second half of last year following a slump during the pandemic, the ministry said in a statement Thursday.