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North Korea's Bitcoin and Kenya's New Railway: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
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North Korea Is Dodging Sanctions With a Secret Bitcoin Stash
Yuji Nakamura and Sam Kim | Bloomberg
“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 from security researcher . They also breached an English-language bitcoin news website and collected bitcoin ransom, according to the researcher.

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