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North Korea: Asias Little Indian Casino On the Yalu

BEIJING (Reuters) - China arrested a government official on Sunday who had fled after losing 3.5 million yuan ($423,000) in public funds and borrowed money to gambling at a casino in a North Korea border area, state media reported.

The arrest of Cai Haowen followed a high-profile manhunt and the closure of the Hong Kong-built Emperor Hotel and Casino in a free trade zone of North Korea, across the river from China's Jiling province, where Cai is reported to have gambled.

Original Story Here...

Let me get this straight. Hong Kong Built hotels on the Yalu River? Free Trade Zones? Gambling? Did North Korea become an Indian Reservation? Can we expect to see cigarettes,rubber tomahawks and hand made jewelry being sold from road side stands at low,low prices?

Oops, spoke to soon.

" In Guam, the Secret Service in July uncovered a network selling bogus North Korean-made pharmaceuticals, cigarettes, and $100 bills. In June, French customs seized more than 11,000 fake parts for Nokia Corp. (NOK ) cell phones -- batteries, covers, and more."

Man, that place is like the nexus of the weird. Barstow-on-the-yalu.

Posted @ February 14, 2005 09:02 PM | Current Events