Not to say that they are the culprit; just that state sponsored and and money driven aren't necessarily exclusive.
They're also involved quite heavily in the illegal drug trade and bootlegging cigarettes and alcohol, using their embassies and diplomats as a distribution network, as well as counterfeiting currency and pharmaceuticals, running an international restaurant chain [2], building statues for tinpot dictators [3], shipping citizens off to Russia as "contract workers", smuggling ivory, trafficking arms, and previously leased out embassy buildings in Berlin to a hostel [4]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%27s_illicit_activi...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_(restaurant_chain)
[3] https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35569277
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_North_Korea,_Berlin
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