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Former highly decorated North Korean colonel Kim Jong Ryul gestures at a news conference in Vienna, on Thursday, March 4, 2010, on the occasion of the presentation of the book "Im Dienst des Diktators" ("At the Dictator's Service") by Ingrid Steiner-Gashi and Dardan Gashi. The highly decorated North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country's rulers has revealed how the late dictator Kim Il Sung lived in luxury and pampered himself with expensive cars and delicacies as the hungry masses outside his opulent palaces struggled to survive. (AP Photo/Hans Punz) |
VIENNA — A highly decorated North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country's rulers says the late dictator Kim Il Sung lived in luxury and pampered himself.
Kim Jong Ryul, who spent 16 years under cover in Austria, says he witnessed how the dictator drove expensive cars and gorged on delicacies as the hungry masses outside his palaces in North Korea struggled to survive.
The colonel also describes how Kim and his son and successor Kim Jong Il spent millions on Western goods ranging from fire trucks and heart monitors to silk carpets and gold-plated handguns.
The buyer's account is contained in a new book presented Thursday.
In an interview, the 75-year-old says he can now die with a clear conscience.
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