Everyone in North Korea is heartbroken over leader Kim Jong Un’s apparent weight loss, said an unidentified resident of Pyongyang quoted on the country’s tightly controlled state media, after watching …
Explained: How North Korea hackers stole US$81 million from Bangladesh Bank in 2016
The BBC has published an investigative report detailing how in 2016, North Korean hackers planned a $1 billion raid on Bangladesh’s national bank and almost succeeded. Here’s how it happened.
North Korea defined by ‘hybridity,’ South Korean analyst says in new book
A new book on North Korea from a South Korean academic proposes studying the country’s “hybridity” to better understand North Korean society.
North Korea food shortage: Kim Jong-un’s COVID-19 policy could lead to mass starvation
Kim Jong-un’s border closures appear to have blocked the spread of COVID-19 in North Korea, but they have also caused a food crisis threatening the survival of his people.
Hackers took years before stealing $81m from Bangladesh Bank: FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that North Korean cyber criminals took years of methodical preparation to steal $81 million from Bangladesh Bank in 2016. The audacious Bangladesh Bank hack …
Venafi Media Alert: North Korean Cyberattacks Can Inspire Other Rogue Nations
From cryptojacking to COVID research hacking, North Korea is establishing a cybercrime blueprint that could help other states to circumvent sanctions …
North Korean propagandist is allowed on Twitter, but not Trump
Amidst Twitter’s purge of celebrities, conservative activists, and the former president of the United States, one account survives — that of a Spanish aristocrat who has become North Korea’s loyal …
N.Korea’s currency, commodity markets in turmoil as borders stay closed – reports
Currency exchange rates and commodity prices appear to be wildly fluctuating in North Korea as a resumption in major trade with China hasn’t materialised, media reports and analysts say, increasing …
N.Korea’s currency, commodity markets in turmoil as borders stay closed – reports
Currency exchange rates and commodity prices appear to be wildly fluctuating in North Korea as a resumption in major trade with China hasn’t materialised, media reports and analysts say, increasing …
North Korea’s Food Supply in Crisis as Imports From China Drop 90 Percent
Kim Jong-un recently admitted the food situation in North Korea is “getting tense” as imports from China have dropped 90 percent.