[News] Korean dictator uses games to fund nuclear program

[JariZ]

english article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/world/...korea.html

dutch article: http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/201...games.html

tl;dr

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Kim Jong-il (the dictator of Korea) uses trainers (computer bots) to create online credits for games such as Lineage and Dungeon and Fighter.
He then sells those credits on illegal forums for real money which he funds his nuclear missile program and buys rolex watches with

[AZUMIKKEL]

Let me guess, he uses prisoners to goldfarm

[OrangePL]

Chinese prisoners do goldfarm, i heard about that in tv

[Bloopbloop]

That's pretty cool if you do it on a national level.

[Fancy]

Sounds like he had it all planned out.
What if he was the creator of minecraft?... we might be in trouble then.

But who knows, media can be corrupt too .

[AZUMIKKEL]

Chinese prisoners do goldfarm, i heard about that in tv

Ye, that was my point. They basically capture people and use them as slaves without giving them more than a one hour break a day, and if someone decides to corpse camp them, they will get punished for not meeting the wage.

[Lemon]

Now they can sell the items they find in diablo 3.