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A North Korean defector and a former soldier have allegedly scammed more than 20 people, stealing 1 billion won, equivalent ...
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 ...
Broadway Singer Was Interrupted Onstage By Her Toddler. Her Response Made The Performance Go Viral DOJ charges hundreds of people in $14.6 billion healthcare fraud takedown Self-made millionaire who ...
For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever.
North Korean Hackers Targeted Nearly 18,000 in Phishing Campaign During Martial Law Turmoil Over 120,000 spoofed emails linked to North Korea aimed at stealing credentials from South Korea’s security ...
One North Korean IT defector told Reuters in November 2023 that he would try to get hired and then create additional fake social media profiles to secure more jobs.
Consider the strange case of the North Korean defector Kang Myung-do. In the fall of 1993, North Korea had suspended its cooperation with international weapons inspectors, which gave rise to concern ...
North Korean defector allegedly stole bus to drive back across border, South Korean police say Thirty-one defectors have reentered the North from 2012 to 2022, the South said.
A North Korean defector who escaped to the South more than a decade ago was detained after attempting to cross back into North Korea on a stolen bus, police said.
North Korean defectors are again in the spotlight. Earlier this year, South Korea reported that the number of North Korean defectors nearly tripled in 2023. The number of “elite defectors”, who ...
Tae Yongho has become the first North Korean defector to hold a ministerial role in South Korea, which experts say will annoy Kim Jong Un.
After she fled to South Korea, Kim Joo Kyung couldn’t stop thinking about her first love. She decided to try to find him ...