Suh Hoon, director of the National Intelligence Service, said the items include automobiles, fur and liquor, according to Rep. Lee Eun-jae of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party.
Suh was speaking at a closed-door annual parliamentary audit of his agency's affairs.
He was asked if a report is correct that the communist nation is using 5 trillion won of its total annual budget of some 7 trillion won for such luxury products.
Suh responded, "Not all. Around 600 billion won is used for what we call luxury goods." (Yonhap)