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MS. PSAKI: North Korea, and we’ll go to you next, Jo – Jill.
Go ahead.
QUESTION: North Korea? Okay. United States and South Korea agreed North Korea-related
consultation on building in case of North Korea – sudden collapse of Kim Jong-un’s
regime. Do you have any specific information on that?
MS. PSAKI: Can you – I’m sorry. Can you say the beginning part one more time? Consultation
on which – what?
QUESTION: U.S. and South Korea agreed North Korea-related consultation on building.
MS. PSAKI: Well, I don’t know if this answers your question, but as you may know, the South
Korean foreign minister was here yesterday. I gave a read out of that yesterday, which
I’d point you to. And a big focus of the meeting was certainly coordination and consultation
as it relates to the threat from North Korea.
QUESTION: But do you have anything on the sudden collapse of North Korean regime? So
do you have any scenario of what – any detail of the --
MS. PSAKI: I don't have anything beyond what I provided yesterday in terms of our consultation,
which was pretty recent.
QUESTION: Thank you. About Mr. Rodman, as you know that yesterday Mr. Rodman celebrate
Kim Jong-un’s birthday, and Mr. Rodman became North Korean dictator propaganda. How do United
States respond to his actions in North Korea?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I’ve spoken about this quite a bit in the last couple of days, but
let me just say that sports exchanges, as you may know, we view as valuable and are
something that can be pursued in many places. And, of course, the U.S. Government supports
that, and we work with many countries on those programs. But I’d point you to the statement
issued a couple of days ago about – from NBA Commissioner Stern that said that there’s
an appropriate time and place for such sports diplomacy, and obviously this is not an example
of that.
QUESTION: But North Korea paid all his group’s expenses --
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: -- like air tickets and everything. But he also bring in too expensive whiskies,
mink coat to Kim Jung-un. That’s a lot – $10,000 – over $10,000 give to them and dictators.
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm. He’s a private citizen. I just don't think I’ll have any more comments
on it.
QUESTION: Is that legal, though?
QUESTION: Yeah.
QUESTION: Are there any type of U.S. sanctions that would prohibit anything like that?
MS. PSAKI: I’m happy to check.
QUESTION: Can you – can you, because I --
MS. PSAKI: I’m not aware of what the sanctions would be.
QUESTION: Well, I know that there is --
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: There are – under the UN sanctions, there are certain sanctions against luxury
goods.
QUESTION: Yes.
MS. PSAKI: Providing gifts of --
QUESTION: I think that’s for sale.
QUESTION: Mm-hmm. Okay.
QUESTION: Yeah.
MS. PSAKI: We’ll check.
QUESTION: Yeah, can you check and see --
MS. PSAKI: I’m happy to check and see if there’s more to report on that.
QUESTION: Yeah. Thank you.