Before the Korean peninsula was divided into North and South Korea, its mineral wealth was legendary. Early Chinese records indicate that gold and silver were widely used during the Christian era as gifts, to pay tax and even at funerals to decorate deceased bodies as confirmed by pure gold accessories found in tombs from the […]
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Difficult Access to North Korea’s Gold Reserves
North Korea is replete with natural resources such as tungsten, magnesite, and zinc. In fact, it is rich in over 200 types of minerals. It also is abounding in gold – gold that is not available to be mined by anyone from a foreign nation. One reason that gold mining is off-limits to outsiders is […]