Bureau 39: Kim's Cash Machine

Bureau 39: Kim's Cash Machine

60 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 15, 2020

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.

Bureau 39: Kim's Cash Machine

60 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 15, 2020

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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers DR TV, Yle, VRT, RTS, NRK, A&O Buero Filmproduktion, Vice Studios, ZDFinfo
Original title Büro 39 - Nordkoreas schwarze Kassen
Directors Sebastian Weis, Carl Gierstorfer, Lukas Augustin
Writers Sebastian Weis

Cast

Remco Breuker

as Self

Hugh Griffiths

as Self

Kyun-Chul Seong

as Self

Koh Young-Hwan

as Self

Simon Choi

as Self