SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Britain has approved a new set of sanctions on North Korea that target ships and companies involved in alleged smuggling activities by the North, Radio Free Asia reported Friday. The U.S.-funded broadcaster said the British government Thursday added 15 ships, 21 companies and one individual to a list of [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea is believed to have raked in more than US$200 million via digital cryptocurrency transactions last year amid international sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, a U.S. broadcaster reported Friday, citing a former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) cyber security official. The North is estimated to have [...]
NORTH KOREA, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on July 28 that Azalea 3, the smartphone launched by North Korea in the first half of this year, is known to have an outer appearance similar to that of the iPhone 6, but is devoid of internet service. The radio station also stated [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A North Korea observer has insisted that up to one million North Korean elites enjoy luxurious lives in Pyongyang under Kim Jung-un’s rule of the communist country. Park Sung-jo, an economics professor at the Free University of Berlin, said in an interview with Radio Free Asia on April 8 that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular mobile messenger application, is widely used by North Koreans. According to Radio Free Asia, an American non-profit news media broadcast in nine Asian languages for audiences in six countries including North Korea, on August 1 quoting a North Korean defector named “Hyun” who is in contact [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – An ICT competition will be held to penetrate North Korea’s severely controlled information network and send in outside information of the “free world.” According to Radio Free Asia, the Human Rights Foundation, a North Korea human rights group, will hold a “hackathon” event, competing participants’ skills bypassing North Korea’s [...]