South Korea has sanctioned 15 North Korean IT workers and a company for allegedly helping finance Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program through illicit remote work schemes.
The new measures, which take effect on Dec. 30, target individuals affiliated with “regime-controlled entities” such as the DPRK Munitions Industry Department who secured lucrative contracts with foreign companies under false identities, Seoul’s foreign ministry announced in a press release on Thursday.
South Korea has sanctioned 15 North Korean IT workers and a company for allegedly helping finance Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program through illicit remote work schemes.
The new measures, which take effect on Dec. 30, target individuals affiliated with “regime-controlled entities” such as the DPRK Munitions Industry Department who secured lucrative contracts with foreign companies under false identities, Seoul’s foreign ministry announced in a press release on Thursday.
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