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Hackers use fake media domains to trick North Korea researchers

Hackers use fake media domains to trick North Korea researchers

Attackers impersonate reporters at Voice Of America to lure DPRK experts with legal documents out of Pyongyang

Hackers use fake media domains to trick North Korea researchers
Nils Weisensee
Nils Weisensee December 17, 2020
North Korean hackers steal corporate files in attacks against European firms

North Korean hackers steal corporate files in attacks against European firms

Lazarus Group reportedly used Tor network to hide tracks after highly persistent social engineering campaign

North Korean hackers steal corporate files in attacks against European firms
Nils Weisensee
Nils Weisensee December 16, 2020
UN renews DPRK human rights resolution, raising routine ire from Pyongyang

UN renews DPRK human rights resolution, raising routine ire from Pyongyang

South Korea did not cosponsor the resolution for the second year in a row, but still supported it in a U.N. meeting

UN renews DPRK human rights resolution, raising routine ire from Pyongyang
Won-Gi Jung
Won-Gi Jung December 16, 2020
Seoul foreign minister defends leaflet law, says free speech is ‘not absolute’

Seoul foreign minister defends leaflet law, says free speech is ‘not absolute’

Kang Kyung-wha spoke up about a controversial new law that bans leaflets and other items from being sent to North Korea

Seoul foreign minister defends leaflet law, says free speech is ‘not absolute’
David Volodzko
David Volodzko December 16, 2020
Nine years after taking power, Kim Jong Un visits his father’s grave

Nine years after taking power, Kim Jong Un visits his father’s grave

North Korean leader makes only his second appearance in the last month in traditional visit to the Kumsusan Palace

Nine years after taking power, Kim Jong Un visits his father’s grave
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko December 16, 2020
Fewer international ships and aircraft monitoring North Korean smuggling in 2020
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Fewer international ships and aircraft monitoring North Korean smuggling in 2020

Overall foreign military deployments to the Japan area fell this year, and that means less monitoring of the DPRK

Fewer international ships and aircraft monitoring North Korean smuggling in 2020
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy December 16, 2020
North Korea’s working women just suffered a really hard year

North Korea’s working women just suffered a really hard year

During labor marathons, women breadwinners must abandon the market for state projects — and still tend to the family

North Korea’s working women just suffered a really hard year
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy December 16, 2020
Russia’s embassy in North Korea doubts that Pyongyang bought COVID-19 vaccine

Russia’s embassy in North Korea doubts that Pyongyang bought COVID-19 vaccine

Russia's Embassy in the DPRK said that media reports about Pyongyang buying a vaccine from Moscow are "questionable"

Russia’s embassy in North Korea doubts that Pyongyang bought COVID-19 vaccine
Kelly Kasulis
Kelly Kasulis December 15, 2020
Defiant and dismayed, activists vow to break leaflet law and fight it in court

Defiant and dismayed, activists vow to break leaflet law and fight it in court

A day after Seoul passed a bill criminalizing leaflets send-overs to North Korea, opposers prep for constitutional court

Defiant and dismayed, activists vow to break leaflet law and fight it in court
Won-Gi Jung
Won-Gi Jung December 15, 2020
After major Russian spy hacks, US says North Korea is an even stronger threat

After major Russian spy hacks, US says North Korea is an even stronger threat

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said North Korea is more prolific than Russia about trying to get into American servers

After major Russian spy hacks, US says North Korea is an even stronger threat
David Volodzko
David Volodzko December 14, 2020