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The Lazarus Heist: North Korean Hackers Nearly Got Away With a Billion Dollars

The “Lazarus Heist” may sound like the plot of a Hollywood movie, but in 2016, a group of real-life hackers from North Korea calling themselves the “Lazarus Group” planned and executed a nearly perfect US$1 billion raid on Bangladesh’s national bank. The hackers would’ve gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for one little ...

Max Lu

A hacker wearing a gray hoodie sits at a computer with his back to the camera, busy at work.

Dhaka Muslin: Resurrecting an Exquisite Sought-After Fabric

In Asian countries, there are many ancient arts and crafts forms that have been lost to time, partly owing to industrialization and the arrival of newer technologies. In Bangladesh, the country that was world-famous for the production of Dhaka muslin, an amazing fabric, the art is being revived. In fact, Dhaka muslin was more than ...

Jack Roberts

A woman wearing Dhaka muslin.

Irresistible Chinese Offers: Submarine Deals in Bangladesh and Thailand

Bangladesh is poised to get its first submarine base thanks to a deal with the Chinese government. The base will be financed by the government of Bangladesh and will be constructed in the country’s southeastern district, which lies on the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh-China deals “We have procured two submarines from China, so we need ...

Max Lu

Bangladesh Ming class submarine Type 035G VS Mayanmar INS Sindhuvir.

Guess Who’s Benefiting From the U.S.-China Trade War?

If any country seems to be profiting from the trade war between Washington and Beijing, it is neither America nor China, but Bangladesh. The introduction of 25 percent tariffs on Chinese imports and Trump’s threat of bringing more goods under the purview has forced manufacturers to look for production centers in nations other than China. ...

Max Lu

A garment factory in Bangladesh.