Tycho van der Hoog in NK News on North Korea's presence in South Africa

PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog was cited by NK News in an article about North Korea's presence in South Africa. The article states that the North Korean embassy in Pretoria has been raising 'illicit funds' for Pyongyang. Van der Hoog explains that North Korea has become active in South Africa since South Africa "remembers that North Korea supported them in a time when most of the free world backed apartheid".

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05 May 2021