Breaking Bad North Korean Style

Unlike the series where a terminally ill chemistry teacher becomes involved in the manufacture and selling of meth the person or persons responsible for  this little criminal enterprise (well not so little) is the government of North Korea.  Yes, that North Korea of Kim-Jong un where the family business is dictatorship inc.   Not only is North Korea known for producing high quality illicit drugs they have also been accused of  counterfeiting   U.S. $100 bills but that's a whole nother story.  Yes, Kim-Jong un is a major drug dealer.

SEOUL, South Korea – Extradited from Thailand, the five suspects appeared before a New York court last month to face charges of a sensational plot: smuggling crystal meth from enemy number one, North Korea.
The five suspects – from China, the U.K., the Philippines and possibly Slovakia – stand accused by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of conspiring to sell 40 pounds of 99 percent pure crystal meth to an undercover agent. They pleaded not guilty, and will appear in court again in early December.

North Korea itself has a problem with drug use among its population especially those living near the Chinese border where the drug is really available on the black market.  North Korea's use it as an appetite suppressant due to the near starvation conditions they face on a daily basis.  

This booming trade, now in private hands, was once a fundraising arm for the cash-strapped government, experts say. North Korean embassies trafficked in hashish as far back as the 1970s.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the economy collapsed, resulting in a devastating famine. By the mid-2000s, a nascent class of merchants flourished, peddling just about any illegal product you could imagine, including drugs and pirated DVDs.
“These days, more and more freelancers and professional drug dealers are taking over this murky operation of delivering the drugs produced in North Korea, packed in Northeast China, and smuggled via South East Asia to Australia, America and Europe,” said Leonid Petrov, a North Korea watcher at the Australian National University in Canberra.