'The North Korean embassy in Phnom Penh has never paid rent or electricity. Their 20 year old rent-free lease expired in 2011 but obviously they’re not in a hurry to relocate.;
Do you have any credible sources to support your allegations?
Fact-checking is a bitch, yes?
Let's assume you claim is correct. No western country ever gave freebies to allies, right?
For example, apartheid is detestable in SA, but kosher in Israel?
New Indian Ambassador should fit in
What Western countries give freebies to sanctioned countries?No western country ever gave freebies to allies, right?
Yes:Do you have any credible sources to support your allegations?
Fact-checking is a bitch, yes?
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... eps-givingA gift from the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk, the embassy – his birthplace – was leased at no cost to North Korea in 1991 for a fixed period of 20 years, after which it was to become a museum. That agreement, which was reiterated in Sihanouk’s 2005 will, technically expired in 2011. Savvy tenants, the North Koreans haven’t moved out.
“King Sihanouk gave the house for 20 years rent-free to the DPRK [Democratic Republic of North Korea] to express his gratitude for the assistance the founder of the DPRK, president Kim Il Sung, gave to the late King, particularly during his years in exile between 1970-1975 and again [in] 1979-1991,” said Julio Jeldres, official biographer for Sihanouk, who died in 2012.
The embassy continues to occupy the two-storey house on Suramarit Boulevard, where it has allegedly harboured Japanese Red Army terrorists, aided a multimillion-dollar money-laundering operation and served as a source of anxiety for the government.
https://southeastasiaglobe.com/should-s ... rth-korea/According to an agreement with Cambodia’s late king, Norodom Sihanouk, North Korea should have abandoned the embassy compound nearly a decade ago. The 20-year rent-free lease expired in 2011 and the site – where Sihanouk was born – was to be converted into a museum.
But the North Koreans look unlikely to pack up anytime soon. The embassy is but one of many signs of the country’s influence in Cambodia and across Southeast Asia – a sway that is holding steady despite Pyongyang incurring sanctions over missile tests.
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monkey wrote: ↑Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:21 pm'The North Korean embassy in Phnom Penh has never paid rent or electricity. Their 20 year old rent-free lease expired in 2011 but obviously they’re not in a hurry to relocate.;
Do you have any credible sources to support your allegations?
Fact-checking is a bitch, yes?
Let's assume you claim is correct. No western country ever gave freebies to allies, right?
For example, apartheid is detestable in SA, but kosher in Israel?
welcome back vladimir.
did you finally work out a way to see the site again?
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