Room 39 (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Room 39" in English language version.

Last modified: 17:59:01, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

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53thetimes.com

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32vanityfair.com

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32washingtonpost.com

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22web.archive.org

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21nytimes.com

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22sltrib.com

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21chosun.com

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11forbes.com

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11ctvnews.ca

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11signonsandiego.com

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11nkeconwatch.com

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11lesechos.fr

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11slate.com

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11theguardian.com

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11worldcat.org

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11reuters.com

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chosun.com (Global: 327^th place; English: 360^th place)

english.chosun.com

"Kim Jong-il Restores Special Department to Swell Coffers". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 June 2010.

ctvnews.ca (Global: 779^th place; English: 408^th place)

"North Korea fires head of secret bureau 'Room 39'". CTV News. 4 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

Rosett, Claudia (15 April 2010). "Kim Jong Il's 'Cashbox'". Forbes. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

joins.com (Global: 375^th place; English: 351^st place)

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

"Sugar-for-liquor trade deal with North scrapped due to possible sanctions violation". Korea JoongAng Daily. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020. Not much is known about the Korea Kaesong Koryo Insam Trading Corporation, as is the case with most of North Korea's business operations, but the NIS believes the firm is a front for Pyongyang's so-called Room 39, an organization in the regime responsible for generating foreign currency for its leaders.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

lesechos.fr (Global: 481^st place; English: 2,265^th place)

"Le piratage, arme de déstabilisation massive des Nord-Coréens". Les Echos (in French). 7 February 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

nkeconwatch.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein. "Ri Jong Ho, high-level defector and former official in Office 39, says North Korea gets much more oil from Russia than previously known". Archive for the ‘Daesung Trading Company’ Category -. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Landler, Mark (30 August 2010). "New U.S. Sanctions Aim at North Korean Elite". The New York Times.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

Pearson, James (19 October 2015). "Taxis parade once-empty streets of North Korean capital". Reuters. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

signonsandiego.com (Global: 3,136^th place; English: 1,845^th place)

"Report: NKorea Fires Director of Kim's Finances". AP. 4 February 2010.

slate.com (Global: 409^th place; English: 260^th place)

Strangio, Sebastian (22 March 2010). "Kingdom Kim's Culinary Outposts: Inside the bizarre world of Asia's North Korean restaurant chain". Slate.

sltrib.com (Global: 1,470^th place; English: 716^th place)

archive.sltrib.com

Kelly Olsen (11 June 2009). "New sanctions could hit North Korea's fundraising". The Guardian.

sltrib.com

Olsen, Kelly (11 June 2009). "North Korea's secret: Room 39".

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Booth, Robert (23 April 2017). "UK freezes assets of North Korean company based in south London". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

thetimes.com (Global: 221^st place; English: 110^th place)

Sherwell, Philip (6 August 2017). "'Hotel of Doom' takes Kim's illusion-building sky high". The Times. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
Gadher, Dipesh (23 April 2017). "Kim cooked up 'nuclear cash' in the suburbs". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Gadher, Dipesh (23 April 2017). "Secrets of Kim's little house in the suburbs". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

vanityfair.com (Global: 230^th place; English: 161^st place)

David Rose (5 August 2009). "North Korea's Dollar Store". Vanity Fair.
Rose, David (September 2009). "North Korea's Dollar Store". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 9 June 2015.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

"Global Insurance Fraud By North Korea Outlined". Washington Post. 18 June 2009.
Fifield, Anna (13 July 2017). "He ran North Korea's secret moneymaking operation. Now he lives in Virginia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Kim Kwang Jin. "The Defector's Tale: Inside North Korea's Secret Economy". World Affairs. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
"Le piratage, arme de déstabilisation massive des Nord-Coréens". Les Echos (in French). 7 February 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

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Booth, Robert (23 April 2017). "UK freezes assets of North Korean company based in south London". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Room 39 (English Wikipedia)

chosun.com (Global: 327th place; English: 360th place)

english.chosun.com

ctvnews.ca (Global: 779th place; English: 408th place)

forbes.com (Global: 71st place; English: 54th place)

joins.com (Global: 375th place; English: 351st place)

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

lesechos.fr (Global: 481st place; English: 2,265th place)

nkeconwatch.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

reuters.com (Global: 38th place; English: 30th place)

signonsandiego.com (Global: 3,136th place; English: 1,845th place)

slate.com (Global: 409th place; English: 260th place)

sltrib.com (Global: 1,470th place; English: 716th place)