Kim Jong-un Hails New North Korean Beach Resort as One of Country’s ‘Greatest Feats’ This Year
June 25th, 2025
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report on a new North Korean beach resort, hailed as one of country’s ‘greatest feats’ this year: Kim Jong-un is more accustomed to overseeing ballistic missile launches and political purges, but this week the North Korean leader opted for a change of pace with a family visit to a new beach resort – […]
Read more »North Korea Stole Your Job
May 22nd, 2025
Via Wired, an article on how – for years – North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever: On paper, the first candidate looked perfect. Thomas was from rural Tennessee and had studied computer science at the University of Missouri. His re?sume? said he’d […]
Read more »Bait and Switch: North Korea’s Remarkable Role In Global Supply Chains
April 12th, 2025
Via The Economist, an article on North Korea’s remarkable entrenchment in global supply chains: What do salmon fillets, fake eyelashes and animated children’s TV shows all have in common? All these familiar parts of Western daily lives have recently been touched by North Korean labour. In an online shopping world where many consumers hit the “sort by price” button, […]
Read more »How a New Axis Called CRINK Is Working Against America
March 29th, 2025
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a look at how China, Russia, Iran and North Korea have united to defy Western sanctions and undermine U.S. interests: An axis uniting China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—dubbed CRINK by some Western officials—has emerged from the war in Ukraine, a loose alliance united by a mutual disdain for the […]
Read more »Hermit Hackers: Why North Koreans Are Such Good Crypto Thieves
March 22nd, 2025
Via The Economist, an article on why North Korean hackers are such good crypto-thieves: FEBRUARY 21st was a typical day, recalls Ben Zhou, the boss of ByBit, a Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange. Before going to bed, he approved a fund transfer between the firm’s accounts, a “typical manoeuvre” performed while servicing more than 60m users around the […]
Read more »On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un
February 24th, 2025
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how – thousands of miles from home – North Koreans work on Chinese tuna longliners in the Indian Ocean for pay that goes to their leader: They spent up to 10 years at sea, toiling in some of the harshest conditions distant-water fishing crews ?can face. […]
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