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U.S. Seizes $7.74M in Crypto Tied to North Korea’s Global Fake IT Worker Network
The Hacker News
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June 16, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it has filed a civil forfeiture complaint in federal court that targets over $7.74 million in cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other digital assets allegedly linked to a global IT worker...
Canadian regulator fines securities dealer over North Korea rule violations
Global Investigations Review
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June 16, 2025
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North Korean APT Hackers Attacking Ukrainian Government Agencies to Steal Login Credentials
Cyber Security News
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June 16, 2025
North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have launched a sophisticated cyber campaign against Ukrainian government agencies, marking a significant departure from their traditional targeting patterns. This shift in focus represents a...
North Korea suffered more than 6,000 casualties in Ukraine, UK intelligence says
The Independent
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June 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Growing geopolitical risk jars global economy
The Business Times Singapore
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June 16, 2025
THE 1920s are widely known as the “roaring 20s” of economic prosperity before the Great Depression. However, the 2020s increasingly risk becoming a “warring 20s”, not least with the recent, growing tensions in the Middle East. The context for...
Market Rapidly Evolving Towards Positive Outcome In The Middle East
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, While the fighting continues between Iran and Israel, the market is pricing in a positive outcome in the Middle East. Casualties continue to mount as Iran and Israel continue to attack each other,...
Seoul weighs legal measures to crack down on leaflet launches into North Korea
NK News
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June 16, 2025
The South Korean government is eyeing new preventive and punitive measures targeting activists who launch anti-regime leaflets toward North Korea, underscoring newly elected President Lee Jae-myung’s crackdown on such activities in his push for...
N. Korea Remains on Global Anti-Money-Laundering Body’s ‘High-Risk Jurisdiction’ List
KBS World
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June 16, 2025
Photo : KBS News North Korea has again been designated a high-risk jurisdiction for money laundering and terrorism financing. According to the Financial Services Commission on Sunday, the Financial Action Task Force(FATF) decided at a plenary...
N. Korean police ordered to hit streets daily
Daily NK
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June 15, 2025
North Korean police officers have received new orders to abandon desk duties and increase neighborhood patrols. The directive marks a significant escalation in North Korea’s domestic surveillance efforts as the regime seeks to tighten control over...
North Korea Has Lost More Than 6,000 Military Personnel In Kursk Region
Charter 97
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4 U.K. intelligence data. North Korean troops have lost more than 6,000 soldiers in Russia's Kursk region. Account X of the UK Ministry of Defense informs. The total number of losses is more than half of the approximately 11,000 DPRK troops that...
U.S.-North Korean Summit: Peace returns to the Korean Peninsula
Renew America
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By Stone Washington June 28, 2018 "Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace." ~President Donald J. Trump Introduction to the U.S-North Korean Summit On Tuesday, 12 June 2018 an historic and momentous meeting transpired that...
Lee Vows Swift Action to Restore Dialogue with North Korea
KBS World
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June 15, 2025
Photo : KBS News President Lee Jae-myung has pledged to swiftly restore suspended dialogue channels with North Korea, aiming to ease military tensions and foster a peaceful atmosphere between the two Koreas. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Lee made...
Lee vows efforts to swiftly restore dialogue channel with N. Korea
The Korea Times
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June 15, 2025
President Lee Jae-myung vowed efforts Sunday to quickly restore suspended dialogue channels with North Korea, aiming to ease military tensions and build peace between the two Koreas. Lee delivered the message on his Facebook account to mark the...
Ruling party calls for 'stern' response to illegal leaflet campaign against N. Korea
Yonhap News Agency
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June 15, 2025
SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Sunday called for a "stern" response to a civic group's recent campaign to send anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea. DP spokesperson Rep. Hwang Jung-a issued the call a...
Kimsuky and Konni APT Groups Accounts Most Active Attacks Targeting East Asia
Cyber Security News
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June 17, 2025
North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) groups Kimsuky and Konni have emerged as the most prolific cyber threat actors targeting East Asian nations, according to the latest threat intelligence findings. In April 2025, these...
North Korea eyes more warships after 5,000-tonne naval destroyer relaunched
The Independent
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June 13, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
North Korea claims to launch repaired warship on second try
United Press International (UPI)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae attended the launch ceremony of the Kang Kon destroyer at the Rajin shipyard, state-run media reported Friday. The destroyer, which was damaged during a failed launch attempt last month,...
N. Korea launches crackdown on currency smuggling
Daily NK
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June 13, 2025
North Korea’s Ryanggang province has launched extensive undercover inspections targeting illegal foreign currency operations and cross-border smuggling networks. “The provincial party committee has brandished the knife to crack down on illegal...
North Korea Rejects Trump's Letter to Kim: Report
Newsweek
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June 13, 2025
North Korean officials reportedly rejected a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump intended to open the door for dialogue with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un. Newsweek reached out to the White House and North Korean embassy in China...
North Korea insists its ‘not interested’ in exclusion from new Trump travel ban
NK News
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June 13, 2025
An in-depth analysis of spurning US ‘carrots,’ mega resort renovations, a new wholesale market and Kim’s letter to Putin Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump during their Singapore summit | Image: Rodong Sinmun (June 13, 2018), edited by NK Pro North...