North Korea has formed a new committee to combat money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
In doing so, it may be seeking to escape punitive measures inflicted by the international community, but some observers believe that this may be a sincere – if self-interested – push by certain sectors of the North Korean regime.
North Korea has formed a new committee to combat money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
In doing so, it may be seeking to escape punitive measures inflicted by the international community, but some observers believe that this may be a sincere – if self-interested – push by certain sectors of the North Korean regime.
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Rob York
Rob York is director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum. He previously worked as a production editor for The South China Morning Post and chief editor of NK News. He is also a Ph.D. candidate in Korean history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.