N Korea’s hackers advancing: analysts
THREAT TO THE US: Pyongyang’s cyberprogram ‘poses a growing espionage, theft and attack threat,’ an Office of the US Director of National Intelligence report said
AFP, SEOUL
North Korea is advancing on the front lines of cyberwarfare, analysts said, stealing billions of dollars, and presenting a clearer and more present danger than its banned weapons programs.
Pyongyang is under multiple international sanctions over its atomic bomb and ballistic missile programs, which have seen rapid progress under North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
However, while the world’s diplomatic focus has been on its nuclear ambitions, Pyongyang has been quietly and steadily building up its cybercapabilities.
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Daily NK
The new organization is reportedly run by Kim Yo Jong
2021.05.14 9:51am
The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently established a new organization specializing in strategic policy towards the United States, Daily NK has learned. The new office’s establishment could be seen as an attempt by North Korea to conduct more proactive analysis of US intentions in its preparations to negotiate with the US.
A high-level source told Daily NK on May 12 that the North Korean authorities hired approximately sixty new staff to work in the new organization, which is a part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs department focused on negotiations with the US.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center top, participates in a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of Japan Toshimitsu Motegi, third from left at tabel, and South Korea s foreign minister Chung Eui-yong, second from right at table, on the sidelines of a G7 foreign ministers meeting in London, Wednesday, May 5, 2021.(Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)
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Sometimes I try to judge their feelings through their eyes or body language, although I cannot claim to be an expert at this.
May 2, 2021 by archyde
North Korea has warned US President Joe Biden that he has made a “big mistake” with his “outdated” stance towards the country.
On Wednesday, Joe Biden had told Congress that he would use “diplomacy as well as severe deterrence” to contain Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.
AFP
North Korea deemed US diplomacy “spurious” on Sunday, rejecting the idea of talks with Washington, the state-run North Korean news agency reported. The comments come after the US administration said President Joe Biden supported an “open diplomacy” approach with North Korea on denuclearization.
Diplomacy was for the United States a “spurious sign” intended to “cover their hostile acts,” said the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement released by the KCNA agency. He also warned US President Joe Biden that he had made a “big blunder” with his “outdated” stance towards the country.