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North Korea’s hackers could have laundered as much as $1.5 billion in stolen crypto
CryptoSlate
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June 18, 2025
North Korea’s hackers has reportedly stolen nearly $2 billion from centralized crypto exchanges over the past year. Blockchain security researcher Tay Monahan attributes a significant portion of those funds, around $1.8 billion, to a series of...
N. Korea forces citizens to watch Kim propaganda on repeat
Daily NK
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June 18, 2025
North Korea is forcing citizens to repeatedly watch a propaganda video called “The Policy of the Workers’ Party Is Good” that catalogues Kim Jong Un’s supposed achievements. “Party organizations are scrambling to prepare for the midyear business...
North Korea’s international film festival to return in fall after six-year break
NK News
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June 18, 2025
North Korea’s leading international film festival is set to return after a six-year absence this year, highlighting the country’s apparent willingness to give its citizens a rare chance to engage with outside cultural content after years of...
Interview: Anna Camp and Justin Bartha on their high-concept comedy Nuked; “It’s definitely a tightrope to walk in these heightened circumstances.”
The AU Review
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July 9, 2025
It’s Jack and Gill’s 40th birthdays, so they invite their college friends to a rented mansion for a weekend away. Phones are confiscated for an “unplugged” dinner party, but to ease the tension, Jack and Gill reveal the five-course meal is fully...
North Korean vice foreign minister reaffirms 'consistent' stance on deepening ties with China
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 18, 2025
Published: 18 Jun. 2025, 16:29 Updated: 18 Jun. 2025, 17:37 This photo of North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong, left, and Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Wang Yajun, right, during an embassy event in Pyongyang on June 17, is...
IRS rule dies, but crypto still on Treasury’s radar
Cryptopolitan
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July 10, 2025
The Treasury has on Thursday quietly erased a major crypto reporting rule that would’ve forced platforms across the industry, both centralized and decentralized, to hand over user trade data to the IRS. The rule, known as TD 10021 (RIN 1545-BR39),...
N. Korean vice FM reaffirms 'consistent' stance on deepening ties with China
Yonhap News Agency
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June 18, 2025
SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's vice foreign minister has reaffirmed the country's "consistent" stance on advancing friendship with China while attending a reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang to mark the U.N.-designated...
Iran Could Become a New North Korea
Political Wire
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June 22, 2025
New York Times: “Iran could slowly recover, its surviving nuclear scientists could take their skills underground and the country could follow the pathway lit by North Korea, with a race to build a bomb.” “Today, North Korea has 60 or more nuclear...
North Korea will send 5,000 military construction workers to Russia, Kremlin says
The Independent
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June 18, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
North Korea sending another 5,000 into Kursk – Russian claim
The Guardian
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June 18, 2025
North Korea will send “a division of builders, two military brigades – 5,000 people” as well as 1,000 demining personnel to the Kursk region, according to Russian news agencies quoting Vladimir Putin’s security council chief, Sergei Shoigu, who...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.10.25
Florida Politics
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July 10, 2025
Good Thursday morning. For most Floridians, Summer kicks off with Memorial Day weekend, featuring delicious barbecues and spectacular fireworks displays. It’s a symbol that’s as American as apple pie. But for those in The Process, there’s a...
Opinion: After War with Iran, Countries Call for a Palestinian State
Boulder Jewish News - Colorado
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July 10, 2025
Recognition without security measure in place undermines peace and endangers Israel. By Stephen M. Flatow Stephen M. Flatow is president of the Religious Zionists of America. He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an...
Nepal aims to end title drought at SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship
OnlineKhabar
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July 1, 2025
Photo: Bikash Shrestha The Nepali U-20 national women’s football team is currently in its final phase of preparation for the SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship, slated to begin in the second week of July in Bangladesh. Only four nations are...
Rich Lowry: D.C.’s ugly brutalist buildings
Coastal Courier - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
Rich Lowry Syndicated columnist There’s a reason God created dynamite. The brutalist federal buildings that have blighted Washington, D.C., for decades deserve the same fate as Carthage after the Third Punic War, and the nation’s capital is...
N. Korea orders anti-US propaganda blitz targeting youth
Daily NK
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June 16, 2025
North Korean authorities have ordered intensified anti-American and anti-South Korean propaganda activities during the “anti-U.S. joint struggle month” from June 25 to July 27, with special focus on indoctrinating young people. According to a...
The O’Toole Chronicles: Raising children and expectations at NJIT commencement
New Jersey Globe
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July 1, 2025
As we come to the end of June, many parents are breathing a sigh of relief: Their children graduated another year of school. For a smaller subset, it is even more exciting: Their children have graduated from a college or university, with either an...
North Korean APT Hackers Target Ukrainian Government Agencies to Steal Login Credentials
GBHackers
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June 16, 2025
North Korean Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) hackers, specifically the Konni group, have shifted their focus to Ukrainian government agencies in a targeted phishing campaign aimed at stealing login credentials and distributing malware. This...
Kim Jong Un Meets Russian Minister of Culture and Enjoys Art Performances
Fresh News
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Hits: 23 PYONGYANG, Jun. 30 (KCNA): The peoples of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation are meaningfully commemorating as a common auspicious event the first anniversary of the historic DPRK-Russia Pyongyang summit,...
North Korean abductees group protests gov't crackdown on balloon leafleting campaigns
Korea JoungAng Daily
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June 16, 2025
Published: 16 Jun. 2025, 18:52 Choi Seong-ryong, head of the Families of Abductees to North Korea Association, second from left, speaks at a press conference in front of the Seoul Government Complex Seoul in Jongno District, central Seoul, on June...
25,000 North Korean Industrial Workers to Man Russia’s Fast Growing Drone Production Lines
Military Watch
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June 20, 2025
<p >Tens of thousands of North Korean industrial workers are being dispatched to Russia to support the local defence sector’s ability to produce modern military drones, as part of expanding defence cooperation between the two states....