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Cyber attacks are probably the least interesting enterprise that North Korea is involved in [1] They're also involved quite heavily in the illegal drug trade a
by toomanybeersies 6y ago
Cyber attacks are probably the least interesting enterprise that North Korea is involved in [1]
They're also involved quite heavily in the illegal drug trade and bootlegging cigarettes and alcohol, using their embassies and diplomats as a distribution network, as well as counterfeiting currency and pharmaceuticals, running an international restaurant chain [2], building statues for tinpot dictators [3], shipping citizens off to Russia as "contract workers", smuggling ivory, trafficking arms, and previously leased out embassy buildings in Berlin to a hostel [4]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%27s_illicit_activities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%27s_illicit_activi...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_(restaurant_chain) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang_(restaurant_chain)
[3] https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35569277 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35569277
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_North_Korea,_Berlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_North_Korea,_Berlin
- BlueTemplar 6y agoYeah, fucking North Korean forced labor camps in Poland (!) in the middle of the European Union. It's mind-boggling !