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Leaked Report Finds Cybercrime Spree Funded North Korea Nuclear Program, Missiles
By: Henry Ridgwell - VOA News - 02-09-21
Re: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pa...ogram-missiles

LONDON - A confidential United Nations report says North Korea has used cyberattacks to steal hundreds of millions of dollars to fund its nuclear program and ballistic missile capabilities, in violation of international law.

The report, which was leaked to the media Tuesday, says North Korea managed to bolster both its nuclear and missile programs in 2020 despite being subject to numerous international sanctions.

One unnamed U.N. member state quoted in the report said North Korea financed the military expansion with over $300 million stolen through cyber hacks and online fraud.

The report highlights new ballistic missiles that have been on display in recent military parades, which the report says could be large enough to carry nuclear warheads and could potentially put the entire United States within range.

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FILE - This picture taken on Jan. 14, 2021, and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows what appears to be submarine-launched ballistic missiles during a military parade.
Pyongyang boasted in January of developing what it claimed to be “the world’s most powerful weapon” — a submarine-launched ballistic missile. The weapon has yet to be tested, and its capabilities remain unknown.

The display of military strength is partly a response to the change of administration in Washington, said Sojin Lim, a Korea analyst at Britain’s University of Central Lancashire.

“The nuclear program is the only survival strategy for North Korea, especially for Kim’s family (and) the regime’s survival,” Lim told VOA. “Recently, because of the COVID-19 situation, their economic situation has become even worse. And especially with the new administration in the (United) States, the new President (Joe) Biden, North Korea has no other way to discuss or negotiate with America.”

The report was written by independent monitors for the U.N. Security Council’s North Korea sanctions committee and leaked to the media Tuesday.

North Korea is subject to a range of multilateral and unilateral sanctions from the United Nations, the United States and the European Union, among others. The measures have not worked, argued Lim.

“Sanctions give more hardship for civilians, but its own aims or purpose, which is the change in policy of the country, has not been working in that way,” she said. “And North Korea has been successful in finding new ways to mobilize finance, and these cyberattacks with this amount of money makes me even more convinced that the sanctions do not work. And we really need to find a new frame(work) to approach North Korea now.”

In the past decade, North Korea has conducted a series of missile and nuclear tests of escalating size.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times in 2018 and 2019, but the negotiations failed to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.

The new administration under Biden is working on a new approach, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters February 4.

“President Biden told (South Korean) President Moon (Jae-in) that that review is under way, and that we will consult closely with our allies, particularly the ROK (Republic of Korea) and Japan in doing that.”

Despite the U.S. pledge of a new approach to Pyongyang, most experts see little hope of imminent progress toward denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
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North Korea's Systematic Rights Violations May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity, UN Says
By: Lisa Schlein - VOA News - 02-03-21
Re: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pa...st-humanity-un

GENEVA - A report by the UN Human Rights Office accuses North Korea of systematic, widespread human rights violations to maintain control over the population, which UN officials say may amount to crimes against humanity.

Hundreds of people who escaped from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea were interviewed for this report. UN monitors say the information gathered from their testimony provides reasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity are being committed in the country’s prison system.

UN human rights spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani, tells VOA crimes against humanity continue in the ordinary prison system. She says there are credible accounts of systematic infliction of torture or other forms of severe physical and mental pain suffered by detainees.

“We have found that seven years on from a UN investigation, which found that horrible crimes against humanity were being committed in the DPRK, including murder, enslavement, torture, enforced disappearances—we have found that seven years later, not much has changed," said Shamdasani. "Possible crimes against humanity are continuing and ongoing and there has been no accountability for the past crimes that were documented.”

The 15-page report documents in excruciating detail other forms of punishment meted out to prisoners, including extermination, rape and other forms of sexual violence, denial of medical care and starvation. It says political prisoners are subjected to the worst forms of cruelty.

The report is calling on the international community to prioritize the human rights of the people in North Korea and to hold the government of Kim Jong-un accountable for grave violations.

Shamdasani says political negotiations with North Korea are focused on nuclear non-proliferation issues. She says human rights issues are of secondary consideration.

“There has been very little discussion of the human rights situation on the ground. Very little discussion of justice and accountability for crimes against humanity," said Shamdasani. "What we are arguing is that if we are looking for lasting peace on the Korean peninsula, this can only be achieved if such violations end and if the rights of the victims to justice, truth, reparations are fulfilled.”

The report calls for an end to impunity in North Korea. It says proper investigation and prosecution of the alleged international crimes committed in the DPRK must be a priority. It urges the grave situation in the country be referred to the International Criminal Court or another comparable tribunal.

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Personal note: Backstabber's and heavy handed ruling is the name of the game. If you're not a heel licker - you're a digger - in the fields. Supreme Leader's are always heavy handed and thrive on self-interest and to hell with the rest of world or its people. Taking him out will only allow his Sister (whose just as cruel) take over and God only knows what her game plan will be?
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