Thank you for that important article. $200 million value compared to our ~$3B (assuming it is still at Knox and NY storage) doesn't seem much at all.
I didn't see anything particularly about gold. Maybe I missed it? It was good info about financial ties with the west. Just a generally good video about NK. I am going to cross reference this is the NK thread.
I'm not so sure the Most High God needs gold to reflect the Shekinah Glory from a man's face. I think it was the lesser "gods" i.e. half-breed nephilim and demons, who required the gold skin to shine brightly to appear as "gods".
But that is from my point of view, so have at a dig into that….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dCsg05rgAA video from which picture 1 is taken.
PIC 1 They've got some gold to waste on statues apparently. This is at PyongYang subway which is much deeper than the ususal subway. …..PIC 2 Gold is certainly the sign of a god-like/king/ dictator throughout most of history. The caption on this was "Nimrod" but I rather think it better represents the Nebuchadnezzar statue that Mishach, Shadrach and Abedneggo were coerced to worship, choosing to be thrown into the furnace rather than fall down before an idol
GOD'S idea of a MEME: The vision that Nebuchadnezzar needed Daniel to interpret for him. A figure with head of Gold, which represented the Babylonian empire of Nebby boy. The empires that would follow are represented by other metals and stones.