North Korea’s asymmetric warfare potential is being bolstered by one of the world’s best and most organised cyber attack capabilities, according to the Army general nominated to command United States forces in South Korea. “This is an area of growth,” Army General Vincent Brooks told the Senate Armed Services Committee…
The 2016 North Korean Budget Report: 12 Observations
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans On March 30, 2016, the 9th plenary meeting of the 13th Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK convened at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang. Such meetings are routine events taking place annually in the spring. A…
UNSCR 2270: The Good, the Bad and the Perhaps Surprising Opportunity for the North Korean Economy
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The new sanctions established on March 2, by UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2270[1] bring to mind the hardships that North Korea endured after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The economic disruption from the end of the Cold War led…
A Neighborly Concern: Russia’s Evolving Approach to Korean Problems
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans North Korea’s most recent nuclear test and “satellite launch” changed the Korean peninsula’s political landscape more than Pyongyang had probably anticipated, partly due to Moscow’s stronger-than-usual official criticism. The Kremlin explicitly protested the launch, asserting that Pyongyang had “ignored the global…
The Challenge of Predicting Future North Korean Nuclear Tests
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Jack Liu. Summary The latest North Korean nuclear test at the Punggye-ri test site apparently surprised the international community as there were few indicators seen before it took place. Unlike the 2013 test, when…
Reality Check on North Korean Sanctions
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A recent op-ed by Sung-Yoon Lee and Joshua Stanton highlights what should happen in dealing with North Korea. Unfortunately, for this long-time practitioner in the field of nonproliferation sanctions, it also highlights what cannot happen—or at least what cannot happen at…
Sanctions’ Role in Dealing with the North Korean Problem
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For almost a decade, sanctions have been the principal coercive instrument available to the United States and the international community in trying to deal with North Korea’s nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missile programs. As bilateral and multilateral negotiating tracks with…
Seoul seeks hacker troops to fend off North Korean cyberattacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new army of South Korean soldiers was intently focused on fending off the enemy attack. Where were they coming from? What tactics were they using? And how best to neutralize them? The attackers were probably North Korean — that’s a…
Hackers Stole 200,000 South Korean Credit Cards Data
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers stole the personal information of about 200,000 South Korean credit card users, making some fake credit cards and rack up fraudulent charges about $115,400. The Financial Supervisory Service said that several suspects had late last year hacked into firm card…
South Korea seeks hackers to defend against North Korean cyberattacks
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A new army of South Korean soldiers was intently focused on fending off the enemy attack. Where were they coming from? What tactics were they using? And how best to neutralize them? The attackers were probably North Korean – that’s a…
