What do you get for making concessions to North Korea? Demands for even more ridiculous concessions!
North Korea has demanded the United States allow it to open an account at a bank in New York and its funds at a Macau bank be transferred there, a Japanese daily reported in Sunday.
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“The United States hurt the credibility of North Korea by imposing financial sanctions. The United States must correct this,” the source quoted an unnamed North Korean official as saying, according to the Japanese daily.
“We can prove to the international community the funds are clean by transferring them to a bank in the United States.” [Reuters]
So North Korea now wants an American bank account in which to deposit the proceeds of counterfeiting U.S. currency. They are now literally demanding that we launder their money for them.
Have we become a nation of masochists? Yes sir! May I have another?
Update: Naturally, South Korean banks are already lining up to volunteer for the job. How typical.
