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North Korea's cyber warriors who worry the West
Reuters, Published on 22/05/2017
» SEOUL - North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.
The man who kills people
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 19/02/2017
» Sending two women assassins he probably vetted personally after his half-brother seems a weird act for the leader of a country. For Kim Jong-un and for his father and for his father's father, it was Monday.
Inflation-hit Venezuela to pull largest bill from circulation
Business, Reuters, Published on 13/12/2016
» CARACAS: Venezuela, mired in an economic crisis and facing the world's highest inflation, will pull its largest bill, worth two US cents on the black market, from circulation this week ahead of introducing new higher-value notes, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday.
Europe-based N. Korea slush-fund operator flees: reports
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» SEOUL - A European-based North Korean official involved in managing a foreign currency slush fund for the country's leadership has fled his post with a sizeable sum of money, South Korean media reports said Friday.
Gold smuggling thrives across Myanmar's borders
Published on 16/03/2016
» YANGON — The thriving illegal business in gold across Myanmar’s porous borders is likely to continue unchecked until the government legalises trade of the raw material, traders and industry sources said.
Catching the long end of the stick
Spectrum, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 31/01/2016
» In the 1970s one of Thailand’s most famous exports was the super-strong strain of marijuana known as Thai sticks, and now a five-part documentary and a television series are to be made on the illegal trade and the people who smuggled it to the Western world.
US House advances tighter sanctions on North Korea
AFP, Published on 13/01/2016
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to impose stricter economic sanctions on North Korea, seeking to punish the rebellious Asian nation for its latest test of a nuclear bomb last week.
Top Pakistan model indicted over $500,000 smuggling charges
AFP, Published on 19/11/2015
» ISLAMABAD - Award-winning Pakistani fashion model Ayyan Ali was indicted Thursday on charges she tried to smuggle $500,000 in undeclared cash from Islamabad to Dubai, court officials said.
India’s battle over beef
Business, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 09/11/2015
» The politics of cows and the huge depreciation of the Brazilian currency have threaten to scupper India’s efforts to increase beef exports to Southeast Asia and China and maintain its position as the largest supplier of beef in the world.
Lese majeste suspects: Pongpat corruption link
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/10/2015
» Rolls Royce, Bentley, 26 condos, 200 radios, 6 police cars, 400,000 baht guitar among assets of lese majeste suspect found hanging in jail cell last week.