Hosting Proms and Selling Cows: North Korean Embassies Scrounge for Cash
Marcus Noland said that My late father-in-law was an ambassador,
Bilyana Dimitrova said that I knew it was a former embassy building, but I had no idea it was owned by North Korea,
A spokesman for the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had repeatedly raised the issue of renting out space with North Korean officials here, urging them to "use properties in Sofia solely for diplomatic
and consular activities." Terra, unlike its landlord, has tried to become a more agreeable neighbor.
Haegeumgang also sold machine tools, and an ad in 2014 for those products on a Chinese website
listed the company headquarters at the same address as the North Korean embassy in Beijing.
In Poland, 40 businesses are listed at the address of the North Korean embassy in Warsaw,
including a pharmaceutical company, several advertising agencies and a yacht club.
Terra wrote that The atmosphere was very pleasant.
