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The answer lies in the clandestine workings of Office 39, a unit specifically tasked with managing North Korea’s foreign currency earnings. Given the country’s limited business taxation capabilities and the harsh international sanctions it faces, the office has resorted to unconventional revenue-generating tactics. Some of these methods are bizarre intricacies of a government desperate for funds, including training hackers to steal cryptocurrency, producing counterfeit goods, and initiating global restaurant chains, as well as deploying agents to casino floors.