North Korean official proposed clam smuggling operation to Japan

A man who called himself a "director of the North Korean foreign ministry" proposed in spring last year a clam smuggling deal to a Japanese trading company employee in Bangkok, sources close to the matter told Kyodo News on Monday.The Japanese government is also aware of the incident, in which the man suggested smuggling clams from North Korea to Japan by falsifying them as from China, they said.A female employee of a North Korean restaurant in Thailand had introduced the self-claimed director to the Japanese who was a regular customer, the sources added.Seafood was exported by North Korea …READ FULL ARTICLE