Ethan Jewell is a Seoul-based correspondent for NK News focused on sanctions, trade and maritime issues. He previously worked as an investigations and intelligence specialist for Pinkerton Comprehensive Risk Management and as a research intern for the Brookings Institution's Center for East Asia Policy Studies.
Kimsuky-linked attacks target email data rather than login credentials, making them harder to detect, expert says
2022 on pace to be most lucrative year on record for DPRK hackers, as experts say Pyongyang outpacing US countermeasures
Bank of Korea estimates 0.1% contraction as COVID, economic mismanagement and sanctions weigh on the economy
Lack of history and registration raises possibility Pyongyang has acquired vessel or that it’s using cover identity
Latest purchase to bolster merchant fleet once again demonstrates DPRK’s ability to evade UN sanctions, expert says
Expert says DPRK’s ‘crude’ approach to identifying variants could lead to continued uncertainty about true case counts
Fisherman was one of two sentenced to time for attack on Russian coast guard, and case will now go to higher court
Move aims to encourage Pyongyang to open up to South Korean media and would relax ban on viewing DPRK propaganda
Import of medical equipment from China appears at odds with state media claims of only 75 deaths from 5 million cases
Justice Department links attack on medical centers in Kansas and Colorado to DPRK’s Maui ransomware campaign
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