Of moles and missiles: anatomy of a North Korean arms deal?: The Mole: Undercover in North Korea Directed by Mads Brügger. Released October 11, 2020, by BBC, DR, NRK, and SVT. The film premiered in the United States at the DOCNYC film festival in New York on November 13, 2021. It is available to stream on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom as of February 2022

Mr. James would fund a Jordanian businessman to send a shipment of oil to North Korea, and in return the North Koreans would pay Mr. James back by providing goods for the Ugandan factory project. The materials shown in the film provide some insights into North Korea's arms marketing - a relatively opaque area.[40] North Korea has long used hard-copy material to support its efforts to sell arms. : The Mole: Undercover in North Korea Directed by Mads Brügger. The story culminates in the exploration of plans for a series of sanctions-busting deals: constructing an underground arms factory on a Ugandan island, shipping oil to North Korea, and supplying arms to unspecified customers of Pyongyang through a private arms dealer. [Extracted from the article]

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