The Importance of Self-Sufficiency in North Korea

Mr. Yu was groomed to be a diplomat from a young age and he was steered toward learning Arabic when he was at school. Life abroad is still tough for North Korean diplomats. It's not all dinner parties and hand shakes. In Pakistan some Muslim country where the sale of alcohol is strictly controlled, North Korean diplomats have been suspected of smuggling whiskey, wine and tequila. A North Korean embassy was reportedly selling illegal beef from a makeshift abattoir in its basement.