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Min Chao Choy

Min Chao Choy is a data journalist for NK News and NK Pro. Choy specializes in news and analysis relating to DPRK shipping and aviation movements, sanctions, and cyber-security.

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US Treasury names 490 North Korea-linked entities in new regulatory prohibitions

US Treasury names 490 North Korea-linked entities in new regulatory prohibitions

Move retroactively signals that certain individuals cannot do business with the 490, per an April revision to the NKSR

US Treasury names 490 North Korea-linked entities in new regulatory prohibitions
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 22, 2020
Unusually quiet ports before and after North Korea’s major Oct. 10 holiday
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Unusually quiet ports before and after North Korea’s major Oct. 10 holiday

Chinese fishing season dominates the DPRK’s west coast, but at least one very suspicious vessel was spotted in the east

Unusually quiet ports before and after North Korea’s major Oct. 10 holiday
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 21, 2020
North Korean group accused of phishing attack against Russian defense industry

North Korean group accused of phishing attack against Russian defense industry

A Russian researcher attributed more 2020 phishing attempts to a North Korea-linked group called Kimsuky

North Korean group accused of phishing attack against Russian defense industry
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 20, 2020
Bribes, beatings, forced confessions: Report shows horrors of North Korean jails

Bribes, beatings, forced confessions: Report shows horrors of North Korean jails

A new Human Rights Watch report recounts human rights abuses in North Korean pre-trial detention

Bribes, beatings, forced confessions: Report shows horrors of North Korean jails
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 19, 2020
North Korea slams ‘The Mole’ documentary as ‘nonsense’ and demands raw footage

North Korea slams ‘The Mole’ documentary as ‘nonsense’ and demands raw footage

North Korea’s Embassy in Stockholm is calling out the documentary series in a privately circulated note seen by NK News

North Korea slams ‘The Mole’ documentary as ‘nonsense’ and demands raw footage
Kelly Kasulis
Kelly Kasulis | Min Chao Choy October 16, 2020
North Korea spent $965,000 on a mysterious Russian item in August: Trade data
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North Korea spent $965,000 on a mysterious Russian item in August: Trade data

Aside from the mystery item category, the DPRK also spent serious cash on two powerful turbine engines

North Korea spent $965,000 on a mysterious Russian item in August: Trade data
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 15, 2020
Is the North Korean arms deal in new documentary ‘The Mole’ typical, or a scam?

Is the North Korean arms deal in new documentary ‘The Mole’ typical, or a scam?

Differences with how North Korea normally does its arms dealing have the expert community raising eyebrows

Is the North Korean arms deal in new documentary ‘The Mole’ typical, or a scam?
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 14, 2020
Singaporean given 3 weeks of jail for luxury goods smuggling to North Korea

Singaporean given 3 weeks of jail for luxury goods smuggling to North Korea

Chong “Richard” Hock Yen is third to face Singaporean jail for goods smuggling to DPRK, joining Leo Ng and Li Hyon

Singaporean given 3 weeks of jail for luxury goods smuggling to North Korea
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 12, 2020
Photos: North Korea’s cinematic military parade was both high-tech and emotional

Photos: North Korea’s cinematic military parade was both high-tech and emotional

North Korea deployed new settings, new editing techniques and more to put together a “new genre” of state TV broadcasts

Photos: North Korea’s cinematic military parade was both high-tech and emotional
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 12, 2020
Filmmaker spends 10 years secretly recording North Korea’s shady dealings

Filmmaker spends 10 years secretly recording North Korea’s shady dealings

“The Mole” shows DPRK officials trying to sell weapons and drug ingredients through the Korean Friendship Association

Filmmaker spends 10 years secretly recording North Korea’s shady dealings
Min Chao Choy
Min Chao Choy October 11, 2020
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