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Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung covers U.S., Chinese, and Japanese politics and national security in relation to North Korea. She previously worked at Coda Story covering disinformation and technology with a focus on the East Asia.
An American cryptocurrency specialist has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on North Korea, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Monday (U.S. time).
Virgil Griffith, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, is accused of delivering a lecture on cryptocurrencies at a conference in Pyongyang and detailing how North Korea could use blockchain technology to launder money and avoid sanctions.