Kim Jong Un reportedly spent £122,000 on women’s fancy underwear in a year, while its population suffers from impoverishment, according to figures.

Trade figures show that the “Hermit Kingdom” introduced bras, corsets and garters in 2022, as the “Daily Mail” writes. With 60% of the population estimated to live in absolute poverty, sexy lingerie is likely reserved for the wardrobes of the country’s elite and so-called “Pleasure Group” of 2,000 women and girls who are said to have been hired to provide dignitaries and guests with entertainment.

These are the same people who enjoy around £2,675,000 worth of spirits and liqueurs, which came mainly from the main trading partner, China. And North Koreans could access £12.6m worth of imported tobacco products in 2022, including cigars and cigarettes.

However, champagne was exclusive to a minority, with sparkling wine imports valued at just £15,000 – to be paired with a tiny Chinese cheese worth £38,000!

And at the end of a busy day, senior officials could relax with a game of pinballas the country imported video game consoles and board games worth around £203,000 as ordinary citizens report that food is so scarce that their neighbors are starving.

Many people have spoken about the horrifying reality of the collectives that “maintain” generations and generations of North Korean leaders, who are expected to provide sexual entertainment to high-ranking party officials as well as foreign visitors. Some have claimed that they even take the girls from school halls – some of them as young as 13 – and undergo medical tests to check that they are virgins!

Trade figures show that North Korea’s elite still enjoy a small amount of luxury goods, as the wider population subsists on an average wage of just £4.40 a day.

Sweet-toothed North Koreans imported £2.1m worth of chocolate in 2022, a rebound from pre-pandemic highs after falling to just £738,000 in 2020 and £566,000 in 2021. Belgium and Germany once shared small quantities of cocoa products such as the figures show, but North Korea is now entirely dependent on China.

It was unclear what happened in North Korea to cause the population to spend just £80,000 on imported toilet paper in 2022, after spending £675,000 in 2020 and £1.13m in 2019. Figures for 2021 were not available.