chef, 7,600 teams competing from all over the world. at code chef 2015 north korean teams came in first, second, and third place out of more than 7,000 teams competing worldwide. that s what kim yong chol built. so for people who follow this stuff closely, particularly national security and in foreign policy who have watched north korea not just for its nuclear program but have watched north korea in this very short period of time turn into this global cyberwar, cyberespionage powerhouse it was a remarkable and very specific thing when it was announced that north korea would be sending somebody to the u.s. to talk to the trump administration. they d be sending a high-ranking official to new york city to have dinner with mike pompeo. and it was announced the guy they would be sending is kim yong chol. the guy you see on the right side of your screen there. this was the headline of foreignpolicy.com.