SK Experts Agree “Super Note” Scandal Involves North Korea

South Korean currency experts agree that the US counterfeit money allegedly being manufactured in North Korea is probably true:

South Korean currency experts agree it is highly likely that intricately forged US$100 bills are made in North Korea, as Washington has maintained. In April, a large stash of the “supernotes” — so called because they are 90 percent identical to the real thing — was uncovered in South Korea.

The notes are made with paper almost identical to that used for official U.S. currency. “What the U.S. uses in printing currency is highly classified, and because analysis of the materials is impossible, 100 percent exact replicas are also impossible,” says Seo Tae-suk of the Korea Exchange Bank, an expert at spotting counterfeit banknotes. “But in these bills, the materials are so similar that the sense of touch cannot distinguish them, and in that regard the fakes are 90 percent identical to the official currency.”
However these expert opinions mean litte to the South Korean government:

Seoul says that is not enough to conclude that North Korea is behind the forgeries. It says while the evidence will easily support an assumption, it is insufficient to face down North Korean demands for concrete and irrefutable proof.

South Korea therefore hopes that the U.S. will produce more evidence soon. If the counterfeiting spat prolongs into a deadlock, it could paralyze attempts to solve the standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

I bet South Korea wouldn’t be dragging their feet if it was their money being counterfeited.