Subject type: Party organ for foreign currency generation Jurisdiction: Democratic People's Republic of Korea Also known as: Bureau 39, Room 39, Division 39 File opened: 2 September 2026 Last updated: 2 September 2026 Origin Office 39 was created in the 1970s under Kim Il Sung to generate foreign currency outside the state budget, for use at the direct discretion of the … [Read more...] about Office 39: North Korea’s Party Revenue Bureau, Methods and Sanctions History