jul 19, 2017 - A group led by Lim Jong-seok, presidential secretary was delivering North Korea over 2.2 billion won for 13 years.
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The debate over copyrights for North Korean TV began to pick up in 2005. The North and South Korean Economic and Cultural Cooperation Group A.K.A InTerKorea Group has put pressure South Korean media and broadcast companies while claiming the group has been authorized by the North Korean Chosun Central Broadcasting Commission. Government officials say the copyright fees to North Korea, which had been worth several hundreds of millions of Won a year are on the rise. This money was remitted to the account of the North Korean authorities. In response to North Korea’s violent provocations of ROKS Cheonan sinking of 2010, South Korea’s government sanctions against North Korea prohibited cash payments and investments to North Korea. However, collection of copyright fees did not stop. It is not possible to send money to North Korea as of now, but what they are trying to do is that they will make a deposit in the court saying that they will transfer the money once the sanctions are lifted. According to Figures from South Korea’s ministry of unification, the sum collected from copyright fees is worth around $18.767 million (2.2 billion won) over the past 13 years.
https://www.visualtrackers.com/2018/01/14/how-interkoreagroup-founded-by-im-jong-seok-is-financing-north-korea-under-the-table/
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Communist Past Life of Im Jong Seok
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