Showing posts with label North Korea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Korea. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

US woman jailed over North Korea remote-work scam

Chapman was participating in the North Korean government's scheme to deploy thousands of "highly skilled IT workers" by stealing identities to make it look like they were in the US or other countries. They have collected millions of dollars to boost the government's nuclear weapons development, according to the US justice department and court records…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/03/ninety-laptops-millions-of-dollars-us-woman-jailed-for-role-in-north-korea-remote-work-scam 


 

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine

"When North Korean workers, who have lived their entire lives trapped in a restrictive system, experience life abroad, they come to see North Korea as nothing short of a prison," Ahn said. "Once they realize what freedom could mean, it's hard to imagine they wouldn't consider breaking free to live a freer life." 

In addition to finding freedom, they could provide the U.S. and others with valuable intelligence regarding the North Korean military's strategies and capabilities, which are often exaggerated by the North Korean government…

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-ukraine-soldiers-defectors-russia-rcna187547


 

Tuesday, June 18, 2024








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