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North Korean Hackers Stole Nearly $400 Million of Cryptocurrency in 2021

In 2021, the value of crypto coins like Ethereum and Bitcoin rose sharply, luring thousands of investors worldwide. Unfortunately, North Korean hackers also noticed the rise in value. Fake or scam crypto projects duping people of their money have made headlines in the last few years. Moreover, the cryptocurrency exchanges are not as safe as ...

Jack Roberts

Cryptocurrencies on a computer keyboard.

While Its People Are Improvised, North Korea Has a Well-Armed Military

North Korea is taking steps to boost its military power. The country has over 60 nuclear weapons and it keeps on testing missiles from time to time. UN Security Council sanctions and denuclearization summits notwithstanding, the rogue country keeps developing and testing ballistic missiles. The U.S. and its close allies think of North Korea as ...

Max Lu

Hwasong-16 Intercontinental ballistic missiles of North Korea.

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.

5 People Arrested in North Korean Spy Case Involving Chinese Major General Qian Weiping

Originally, officials denied that Qian Weiping’s arrest, which dates back to 2019, was related to espionage. However, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy based in Hong Kong confirmed rumors that five more people had been arrested in an espionage case involving a Chinese military scientist and former Major General Qian Weiping. The Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily reported ...

Tatiana Denning

The Supreme People's Assembly Hall in North Korea.

New Report Highlights North Korea’s Persecution of Religious Believers

A recent report by the Korea Future Initiative has brought attention to the horrible religious rights violations taking place in North Korea. Titled Persecuting Faith: Documenting Religious Freedom Violations in North Korea, the report was prepared after interviewing 117 survivors, perpetrators, and witnesses of religious violations over a period of seven months. Around 60 percent ...

Nspirement Staff

A Bible sitting on a park bench.

North Korea Sets Up Kill Zone on Chinese Border

The government of North Korea has set up a kill zone on its border with China. This has been done to prevent its citizens from venturing into China and bringing the CCP coronavirus back on their return trip. The information was made public by General Robert Abrams, Commander of the United States Forces Korea, during ...

Max Lu

Looking down and across the Amnok river into North Korea.

North Korean Female Prisoners: Exposing the Torture

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has released a 72-page report detailing the human rights abuses perpetrated by North Korean police and security officers on North Korean female prisoners. The report contains interviews with more than 100 North Korean female prisoners. Abusing North Korean female prisoners The interviewed women have one ...

Max Lu

The North Korean capital.

What Would Happen if Korea United Into One Country?

A relationship with all the bitterness (and no tenderness) of a lover’s quarrel — what would happen if North and South Korea decided to unite to form a unified Korea? Some analysts have pointed to a “glorious” future where Korea would have the world’s largest army, and an economy that bests Japan. If the huge ...

Max Lu

A South Korean subway.

Is China Covertly Conducting Nuclear Tests?

A recent report by the U.S. State Department reveals that China might have conducted some low-level nuclear tests even though the Asian country is officially believed to be in strict compliance with an international agreement that bans such activities. With the relationship between America and China stressed out due to the trade war and the ...

Max Lu

A nuclear explosion.