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A North Korean defector is filing civil and criminal charges against the country's leader Kim Jong Un for abuses she faced while detained in the country. Choi Min-kyung fled the North to China in 1997 but was forcibly repatriated in 2008. She said she was sexually abused and tortured after her return.
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A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection through the fortified border.
Song Kum Hyok is accused of masterminding a scheme in which North Korean cyber operatives posed as U.S. remote IT workers for unwitting companies.
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Cryptopolitan on MSNNorth Korean defector scams 21 people out of $728,000 in crypto fraudA North Korean defector and a former soldier have allegedly scammed more than 20 people, stealing 1 billion won, equivalent to $728,000.
Federal authorities uncover North Korean schemes using remote IT workers with false identities to defraud U.S. companies, resulting in indictments after generating $5 million.
Using falsified and stolen IDs, prosecutors say, North Koreans secure jobs that help finance the regime by evading sanctions. They also steal corporate secrets, some related to military technology.
The country's supreme leader Kim Jong-un has unveiled a mammoth new resort on North Korea's east coast, which can accommodate up to 20,000 guests, and who knows, in the future, you could be one of them.
North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons. This is not a matter of opinion, but a strategic fact rooted in decades of historical precedent, failed diplomacy and shifting global dynamics.