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Company pleads guilty to helping North Korea illegally use US banking system
The British Virgin Islands-registered Yang Ban Corporation will pay over $673,000 in financial penalties
US tries to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts linked to North Korean hacks
DPRK-linked hackers attacked U.S. and South Korean exchanges, then converted stolen alt-coins to other currencies
North Korean hackers are turning emails into real-life ATM cash withdrawals
Operation FastCash 2.0 may be combining North Korea-linked hackers and real-world gangs to collect money for the DPRK
New US Army manual on North Korea uses old nuclear weapon estimates, experts say
Many media organizations were quick to play up the manual’s contents, but most of it is old news, according to analysts
North Korea may be preparing to illegally export sand, satellite imagery shows
The United Nations banned North Korea from exporting “earth and stone” products since 2017
Why Seoul’s dream to barter for North Korean booze may soon fall apart
If supply chains involve previously sanctioned entities, then even barter trade would be blocked by U.N. sanctions
China opens new customs office along border with North Korea
The Changbaishan Customs Office will handle the only Sino-DPRK land passage at Shuangmu Peak land port
North Koreans launder money through an illegal bank account in Congo
DPRK citizens Pak Hwa Song and Hwang Kil Su set up shop in Congo and worked on construction projects, report says
Expensive taste? North Korea caught illegally importing luxury Mercedes cars
North Korea is violating sanctions by using advanced smuggling networks to acquire even more rare, custom-armored rides
North Korean IT workers are illegally making big money abroad: Investigation
IT workers under the Munitions Industry Department likely raised over $1.2 million in 2019: UN report