Yuji Nakamura and Sam Kim, Bloomberg: North Korea Is Dodging Sanctions With a Secret Bitcoin Stash
North Korea appears to be stepping up efforts to secure bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which could be used to avoid trade restrictions including new sanctions approved by the United Nations Security Council.
Hackers from Kim Jong Un’s regime are increasing their attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea and related sites, according to a new report from security researcher FireEye Inc. They also breached an English-language bitcoin news website and collected bitcoin ransom payments from global victims of the malware WannaCry, according to the researcher.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 17, 2017
Method in Kim Jong-un’s madness: North Korea’s military journey -- Rowan Callick, The Australian
The U.S. Can’t Get Rid of North Korea’s Nukes Without Paying a Catastrophic Price -- Abraham Denmark, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
North Korean defectors, resettled in the US, torn as tensions escalate --
Shachar Peled, CNN
Iran and the Nuclear Sunset Clauses -- Paul R. Pillar, National Interest
The Push For an 'Economic Embargo' of Iran -- Jana Winter & Dan De Luce, Foreign Policy
Trump move to block chipmaker deal bad for America - Xinhua -- Reuters
Hezbollah’s New Strength Leaves Israeli Border Tense -- Sulome Anderson, NBC News
What is behind clashes in Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions? -- BBC
Preventing terrorism: What powers do German security forces have? -- David Martin, DW
Test driving Amsterdam: Dutch capital experiments with present and future of transport. -- Joshua Posaner, Politico
When the Military Does Battle With Nature -- James Stavridis, Time
Thanks to Obama, Puerto Rico Might Never Recover From Irma -- Ryan Cooper, Week
Crafting Trump’s first National Security Strategy: What it could be—and why it might not matter anyway -- Tarun Chhabra, Brookings
From North Korea to the Rohingya crisis to Trump’s debut speech: all you need to know about the UN General Assembly -- Edouard Morton, SCMP
I Bought a Russian Bot Army for Under $100 -- Joseph Cox, Daily Beast
Iran and the Nuclear Sunset Clauses -- Paul R. Pillar, National Interest
The Push For an 'Economic Embargo' of Iran -- Jana Winter & Dan De Luce, Foreign Policy
Trump move to block chipmaker deal bad for America - Xinhua -- Reuters
Hezbollah’s New Strength Leaves Israeli Border Tense -- Sulome Anderson, NBC News
What is behind clashes in Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions? -- BBC
Preventing terrorism: What powers do German security forces have? -- David Martin, DW
Test driving Amsterdam: Dutch capital experiments with present and future of transport. -- Joshua Posaner, Politico
When the Military Does Battle With Nature -- James Stavridis, Time
Thanks to Obama, Puerto Rico Might Never Recover From Irma -- Ryan Cooper, Week
Crafting Trump’s first National Security Strategy: What it could be—and why it might not matter anyway -- Tarun Chhabra, Brookings
From North Korea to the Rohingya crisis to Trump’s debut speech: all you need to know about the UN General Assembly -- Edouard Morton, SCMP
I Bought a Russian Bot Army for Under $100 -- Joseph Cox, Daily Beast
