North Korean server error exposes illegal cartoon work
North Korea continues to earn foreign currency with cartoons. The middlemen are based in China. Clients need to be more careful.
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North Korea continues to earn foreign currency with cartoons. The middlemen are based in China. Clients need to be more careful.
A report published from watchdog group 38 North suggests U.S. animation companies may have unwittingly used work from North Korea.
A blogger and researcher from North Korea has revealed recently that DPRK has produced some animated recreations of Amazon and Max shows, and may also be planning some more entertainment content, claim reports.
North Korean illustrators and graphic designers appear to have helped produce work for US animation studios unbeknownst to those companies, suggesting that unreleased episodes of a few popular American cartoons could include work from one of the most closed-off economies in the world.
According to an investigation by 38 North, which monitored a North Korean cloud server in January 2024, North Korean workers appear to have worked on animation projects by Amazon and HBO Max studios after the latter subcontracted some of the work to Chinese firms, which did the same with North Korean firms.