Office1974,39 was established as an organ for Kim Jong Il to consolidate his power base and earn foreign exchange. Known by the outside world as Daejeon General Administration, it is in charge of foreign trade. Under this organization, there are subsidiaries such as Daejeon Bank, which are accused of nuclear and missile related transactions. About 65,438+020 legal foreign trade companies, as the subordinate organs of this institution, monopolized the operation of gold and silver mines in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and China, and were responsible for the export of aquatic products and Tricholoma matsutake. Song Rihao, a North Korean diplomat in Hong Kong, once admitted the existence of Office 39. "39" is considered to represent the Workers' Party of Korea and is located in Room 9, No.3 office building of Workers' Party of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. In 2005, the funds of Banco Delta Asia Macau, which was frozen due to US financial sanctions, were also managed by Room 39. 20 10 the United States designated "Room 39" as the target of economic sanctions. Kim Dong-chun, an agent of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who was arrested by South Korea, is Gao Qian of the General Administration of the Great Sage of North Korea, which was confessed by agent Yuan Zhenghua and is his adopted daughter.

It is said that in 20 12, rooms 39 and 38 were all cancelled. However, South Korean government officials said that rooms 38 and 39 of the Workers' Party of Korea were not so much abolished as they were integrated into one institution and are still in operation.