one scholar told The Korea Times.

which was designated by the treasury department in 2022.also noting that the stolen money provides the DPRK with resources that it uses to support its unlawful ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.

a state-sponsored hacking group that is an instrumentality of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK).Department of Treasury on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a co-founder of virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash for assisting a North Korean hacking group that has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.including to obfuscate hundreds of millions of dollars in virtual currency stolen by Lazarus Group hackers.

used Tornado Cash to obfuscate the movement of over $455 million stolen in the March 2022 attack on Axie Infinitys Ronin network bridge.Tornado Cash continued to provide services to the Lazarus Group even after learning that the group was laundering hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stolen virtual currency through its mixing service.

a second co-founder of Tornado Cash.

Roman Semenov is one of three co-founders of Tornado CashShe is studying in South Korea with the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) and volunteers at Saejowi Initiative for National Integration.

individuals do not save for the future or own property.In the midst of mass starvation.

using large samples of North Korean refugees and empirical tests ― which could ultimately serve as tools to improve gendered immigration policies in South Korea and other receiving nations.Women are sick of the extreme patriarchy and authoritarianism in North Korea.