Just another illustration of the priorities of the Kim Family Regime (which are not the rank and file people who live in the Worker's Paradise).
But this excerpt is an important point to keep in mind and really does provide insight into the nature of the regime:
The Workers Party restructured and expanded a fund dedicated to the deification of Kim Il-sung. Established in 2007 to propagate Kim Il-sung's juche (self-reliance) doctrine, it now also accommodates spending on commemorating Kim Jong-il.
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Dave
N.Korea Blows $100 Million on Personality Cult
North Korea has spent more than US$110 million on the personality cult surrounding dead leader Kim Jong-il and has run into serious financial trouble as a result.
According to an informed source Monday, a 23-m statue of Kim Jong-il in Mansudae, Pyongyang in April is estimated to have cost $10 million. And seven more such statues have been built in various places including some official buildings and the city of Kanggye, altogether costing $50 million.
The regime spent $25 million on inscribing his name on about 3,200 so-called Towers of Eternal Life at all major crossroads nationwide, and another $15 million replacing mosaics portraying nation founder Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
It spent another $20 million replacing more than 20 million portraits of the two leaders and another $1 million on badges with the faces of the two.
According to an informed source Monday, a 23-m statue of Kim Jong-il in Mansudae, Pyongyang in April is estimated to have cost $10 million. And seven more such statues have been built in various places including some official buildings and the city of Kanggye, altogether costing $50 million.
The regime spent $25 million on inscribing his name on about 3,200 so-called Towers of Eternal Life at all major crossroads nationwide, and another $15 million replacing mosaics portraying nation founder Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
It spent another $20 million replacing more than 20 million portraits of the two leaders and another $1 million on badges with the faces of the two.
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