The very public show of the impressive black limo was seen as slap in the face for Donald Trump and the sanctions of his regime
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| North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un arrives for a working lunch with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo |
Kim Jong-un has a new £360,000 Rolls Royce – while millions of his subjects go hungry.
The North Korean leader travelled in style to a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
And the very public show of the impressive black limo was seen as slap in the face for Donald Trump and the sanctions of his regime.
Experts believe the Rolls-Royce Phantom, complete with the car maker's distinctive 'R' insignia on the wheel hubs, was a bullet-proof model.
To transform it into a fortress is believed to cost around £150,000. The bodywork can fend off 7.62 mm bullets from automatic weapons.
In the past, Kim has always favoured Pullman Guard Mercedes limousines, based on the S600.
The Drive magazine said: "Despite extreme sanctions..and a rickety economy...Kim was able to get his hands on the most luxurious of luxury cars.”
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| A close-up shows the distinctive R on the wheel hubs |
US news outlet CNN claimed the purchase was 'almost certainly a violation of United Nations sanctions against North Korea'.
"They prohibit the sale of luxury goods and automobiles to the North Korean government," the station added.
"The Trump administration has insisted that the international community must strictly enforce the UN sanctions levied against North Korea until Pyongyang denuclearises."
Food supplies remain low in North Korea, where nearly 40 percent of the population is still suffering from malnutrition. This week, the UN World Food Programme said 10m North Koreans are undernourished and need humanitarian aid.
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| Kim Jong Un meets Mike Pompeo on October 7 |
But the WFP, which provides fortified cereals and enriched biscuits to 650,000 women and children in North Korea each month, may have to cut aid due to a lack of funding.
Some donors and companies have been reluctant to get involved in aid for North Korea, although humanitarian work is excluded from sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council.
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