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SK Hynix will invest ~$12.9B to build an advanced chip packaging plant in South Korea to meet rising memory chip demand, targeting completion by the end of 2027 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sk-hynix…

"The government and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) are forcing financial firms to compensate voice phishing victims, regardless of who is at fault, fanning concerns over how far consumer protection should go without distorting incentives in the financial system, market watchers said Monday."

Financial firms warn mandatory voice phishing compensation could backfire
The government and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) are forcing financial firms to compensate voice phishing victims, regardless of who i...

Suspected ransomware attack threatens one of South Korea’s largest companies https://therecord.media/kyowon-group-south-korea-suspected-ransomware-attack

South Korea's KT Corp. launches a sovereign cloud for Korean enterprises built on Azure, with encrypted in-memory computing and strict local data governance (Jie Ye-eun/The Korea Herald)
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10614445

KT rolls out sovereign public cloud with Microsoft - The Korea Herald
KT Corp. on Wednesday announced the launch of its public cloud service, developed in partnership with Microsoft, in a strategic bid to bolster its foothold in K

Huh, I had no idea about Hitler's Parkinsons! Especially ironic given the Nazi targeting of disabled people.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f7utvjkqbgwfjonqtpfcf5fu/post/3m7svhluplk2k

Denise Wheeler (@denisedwheeler.bsky.social)
Brezhnev slurred through speeches and could barely walk yet "ruled" the USSR until 1982. Kim Jong-il vanished for months after his 2008 stroke that North Korea never acknowledged. Hitler hid his trembling Parkinson's hand behind his back and under tables.

#Juche tell me more about Charles North Korea! ❓ ❤️
@… you probably have oppinions on this guy.
https://www.

U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history

The proposal would affect travelers from countries on the visa waiver program,
including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and South Korea
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration

U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history
The proposal would affect travelers from countries on the visa waiver program, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and South Korea.

"South Korea to stop breeding bears to extract their bile - but hundreds are still trapped in pens"
#SouthKorea #Bears #Animals

South Korea vows to stop breeding bears to extract their bile
South Korea officials have confirmed that the controversial bear bile farming industry will come to an end as part of an animal welfare drive.

Korea has had it up to here with all these data breaches
Coupang beset on all sides after data leak sparks full-scale regulatory assault
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/n

Coupang beset on all sides after data leak sparks full-scale regulatory assault
Coupang's turmoil, triggered by a massive data leak, has now become a full-blown regulatory risk, as the New York-listed e-commerce giant faces nearly 10 ongoing investigations.

Heute vor 11 Jahren: Am 13. Januar 2015 lehnte Washington das Angebot Nordkoreas ab, Atomtests auszusetzen wenn die USA im Gegenzug eine jährliche Frühjahrsübung mit Südkorea absagen würden. Die USA fordern stattdessen bessere bilaterale Beziehungen sowie nukleare Abrüstung.

Congress moves to block Pentagon from cutting US troops in Europe and South Korea (Morgan Phillips/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-moves-block-pentagon-from-cutting-us-troops-europe-south-korea
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p97#a251208p97

More than 40 countries impacted by North Korea IT worker scams, crypto thefts https://therecord.media/40-countries-impacted-nk-it-thefts-united-nations

OpenAI is piloting group chats in ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; up to 20 users can be invited to prompt ChatGPT in a shared space (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/group-chats-in-chatgpt

Well, duh ... Yeah, when the US puts on a made-for-movie-that-went-direct-to-dvd seizure of one of Russia's "shadow fleet" of oil tankers, yes, one can anticipate a response from Russia.
I seriously doubt that and the the IQ 60 Maga-minds in the Cheato government realize that the US "justification" for the seizure could also justify Pakistan seizing Indian ships or fishing craft, or North Korea taking Japanese ships. It probably would have justified German sink…

⚡ POWs from North Korea ask KYIV not to send them back home #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/02/pows-from-north-korea-ask.html

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💥 Cyclones, mines and a murder: The cursed story of the floating hotel that traveled the Pacific and ended up in North Korea
https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-11-…

Cyclones, mines and a murder: The cursed story of the floating hotel that traveled the Pacific and ended up in North Korea
The first ‘flotel’ in history, a seven-story behemoth with tennis courts, opened in 1988 in the middle of the sea. It was a success. That is, until everything went wrong...

https://fortune.com/2025/12/10/coupang-ceo-resigns-south-korea-data-breach/
Wow
Coupang CEO resigns over historic South Korean data breach

Coupang CEO resigns over historic South Korean data breach
Nearly two-thirds of people in the country were affected by the breach, which granted unauthorized access to their shipping addresses and phone numbers.

Prinzip Korea

An investor group and AI developer Voltai plan to use AI to design, build, and run a 3GW data center in South Korea, set to cost up to $35B and open in 2028 (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/a-…

So much cybersecurity news, so little time. Check out today's Metacurity for a quick run-down of the most crucial infosec developments you should know today, including
--Hackers claim to be selling Target's internal source code,
--Poland thwarted power system cyberattack,
--Hackers accessed the systems of Spanish energy provider Endesa and Energía XXI,
--Personal finance platform Betterment was hacked through third-party,
--Dutch national sentenced to sev…

Hackers claim to be selling Target's internal source code
Poland thwarted power system cyberattack, Hackers accessed the systems of Spanish energy provider Endesa and Energía XXI, Personal finance platform Betterment was hacked through third-party, Dutch national sentenced to seven years for hacking, Korea's Kyowon Group hit with ransomware, much more

Teslas Bestellung von Akku-Kathoden: Statt 2,9 Milliarden nur 7.000 Dollar
Teslas Cybertruck braucht Akkuzellen im 4680-Format. Doch wer braucht Cybertrucks? Ausbaden müssen das Zulieferer, zum Beispiel in Korea.

Oh no, not Aspeyyy again, the Western influencer recycling bourgeois propaganda about the DPRK. North Korea is a Marxist-Leninist state; I oppose Marxism-Leninism in the form that produces a vanguardist state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhA5ljeyx84

Ukraine Update: Western betrayal in stopping aid shipments leads to Russian victory on the battlefield.
Ukraine is out of ammo, while China and North Korea are uninterrupted in their support of Russia's genocide in Ukraine.
Western media doesn't give a shit, but Giorgio is fighting for his life as he reports from the trenches on the ground in Ukraine.
He shares the friend link so the world can glimpse the terrible truth of what is happening in Ukraine. Evidence of w…

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--UK ICO fines LastPass $1.6 million over 2022 data breach,
--Cybercrims impersonate cops to get sensitive data on users,
--Throwaway phone numbers undercut SMS 2FA,
--Chinese inverters threaten the power grid,
--Second Irish HSE attack revealed,
--Irish Justice Minister apologizes for gaffe ov…

UK ICO fines LastPass $1.6 million over 2022 data breach
Cybercrims impersonate cops to get sensitive data on users, Throwaway phone numbers undercut SMS 2FA, Chinese inverters threaten the power grid, Second Irish HSE attack revealed, Irish Justice Minister apologizes for gaffe over PSNI data breach, Korea seeks punitive fines over breaches, much more

North Korea Makes Russian Language a Required School Subject, Minister Says - The Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/27/north-korea-makes-russian-language-a-required-school-subject-minister-says-a91259

Disney and CJ ENM's Tving partner to offer bundles that combine access to Disney , Tving, and South Korean streamer Wavve at discounted rates in South Korea (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business…

Disney+ and CJ ENM’s TVING Launch Landmark Streaming Partnership in Korea
The new collaboration — Disney’s first with a local OTT service in Korea — follows the company’s recent deal bringing TVING dramas to Disney+ in Japan.

Two years ago, I was in South Korea—definitely the highlight of that year. The food was amazing, the winter vibes were perfect, and everything was so affordable.
But for a long time, I’d had Japan on my list. I’ve been checking plane tickets now and then, only to watch the prices climb higher by the minute. Even though flying to Tokyo is just an hour or two longer than flying to Seoul, it’s nearly twice as expensive. So, I decided to go back to South Korea instead.
This time, I’l…

New National Security Strategy Is Heavy on Rhetoric, Light on Detail (Mark Hertling/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-national-security-strategy-ways-means-ends-trump-foreign-policy-china-iran-russia-north-korea
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p139#a251208p139

VC fund a16z crypto says it is expanding to Asia and opening an office in Seoul, calling South Korea the world's second-largest crypto market (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/12/10/a16z-cryp…

Andreessen Horowitz Crypto Unit to Expand Into Asia With South Korea Office
The crypto VC says it's opening its first Asia-based office in Seoul.

*waves* at @ukmcg.bsky.social #MuseTech25 folk from #FF2025 - it'd be lovely to see more museum presentations at #FF2026 - and the

Russia–North Korea Partnership Boosted by New Bridge: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/29/russianorth-korea-partnership-boosted-by.html

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This is where my anti-imperialist views have to apparently fucking show themselves, fuck American imperialism, fuck north korea, but making false accusations is a fucking moral abomination.<…

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4. “But it’s too hard” − I am not asking the world to turn the US into North Korea overnight. I’m asking everyone to make subservience to the US a source of political discontent wherever they live, in whatever way local politics allow.

😲 North Korea IT worker scheme expanding to more industries, countries outside of US tech sector
https://therecord.media/north-korea-it-worker-scheme-expands-outisde-us-tech

North Korea IT worker scheme expanding to more industries, countries outside of US tech sector
Okta said their new research into the scheme revealed that North Korea has honed its skills on U.S.-based companies and has expanded into dozens of different countries and industries.

North Korea on Thursday displayed apparent progress in the construction of a
nuclear-powered submarine,
with state media photos showing a largely completed hull,
as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited a shipyard to inspect the construction of what the North describes as
an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-propelled submarine,
which the leader has called a…

North Korea shows progress on nuclear-powered submarine
North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday said Kim had visited a shipyard to inspect the construction of what the North describes as an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-propelled submarine, which he has previously called a crucial step in the moderniz…

Seoul cyber investigators seize data, devices from ‘South Korea’s Amazon’ following data breach https://therecord.media/seoul-cyber-investigators-seize-data-korea-tech-giant

https://therecord.media/north-korea-us-sanctions-it-worker-scams-cybercrime
Treasury sanctions 8 for laundering North Korea earnings from cybercrime, IT worker scheme

Treasury sanctions 8 for laundering North Korea earnings from cybercrime, IT worker scheme
An IT company, a financial institution and eight men accused of aiding cybercrime and IT worker scams are now on the U.S. government's list of sanctioned North Korean entities.

Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun resigns after the company incurred South Korea's largest-ever data breach, in which the personal data of 30M people was compromised (Mark Anderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as South Korean president visits China (Cassandra Buchman/Straight Arrow News)
https://san.com/cc/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missiles-as-south-korean-president-visits-china/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p33#a260104p33

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I like just checking to see what football is happening on my illegal streaming sites
sure let's watch North Korea in the U17 World Cup why not
#fedifc

This is your daily reminder that North Korea is a Marxist-Leninist state; I oppose Marxism-Leninism in the form that produces a vanguardist state.

Trump scores golden gifts as U.S., S. Korea advance trade talks
The United States and South Korea advanced trade talks Wednesday,
addressing details of $350 billion that would be invested in the American economy,
after negotiations and ceremonies that included the presentation of a gold medal and crown to President Trump.
Both were gifts from the country’s president, Lee Jae Myung, who dialed up the flattery while Washington and Seoul worked to nail down financial pr…

Maryland man sentenced for N. Korea IT worker scheme involving US government contracts https://therecord.media/north-korea-it-worker-scheme-maryland-man-sentenced

https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10612803
NK hackers hijack Google, KakaoTalk accounts to control phones: report

NK hackers hijack Google, KakaoTalk accounts to control phones: report - The Korea Herald
North Korean state-sponsored hackers hijacked Google accounts to remotely control and wipe smartphones and tablets held by individuals in South Korea, then expl

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"New uses for everyday spaces: South Korea turns parking lots into solar power hubs"
#SouthKorea #SolarPower #Energy

New uses for everyday spaces: South Korea turns parking lots into solar power hubs | The Optimist Daily
South Korea will require large parking lots to install solar canopies, expanding renewable energy while offering everyday benefits to drivers.

Except they had that boat fall over when they launched it. Confidence is not high.
North Korea shows progress on nuclear-powered submarine | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-kim-nuclear-submarine-trump-042354b0b38bb429f937a4ecb7f70df2

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North Korea halves shell shipments to Russia as its own stockpiles run low, Ukraine's intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/15/north-korea-halves-shell-shipments.html

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Treasury sanctions 8 for laundering North Korea earnings from cybercrime, IT worker scheme https://therecord.media/north-korea-us-sanctions-it-worker-scams-cybercrime

South Korea says it has signed an MOU with Arm to strengthen its chip and AI sectors, including a program to train ~1,400 high-level chip design specialists (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/softban…

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South Korea Gifts Trump Replica Gold Crown During APEC Visit (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-29/south-korea-plans-to-gift-trump-replica-gold-crown-during-visit
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p28#a251029p28

Check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--Man pleads guilty in the first successful US prosecution of a stalkerware operator,
--Korea warns of hacking forum that steals and sells data,
--NZ High court enjoins publication of stolen medical data,
--UK government launches $282m cyber action plan,
--Threat actor stole and threatens to leak data from insurer Prosura,
--Command injection flaw fou…

Man pleads guilty in the first successful US prosecution of a stalkerware operator
Korea warns of hacking forum that steals and sells data, NZ High court enjoins publication of stolen medical data, UK government launches $282m cyber action plan, Threat actor stole and threatens to leak data from insurer Prosura, Command injection flaw found in D-Link DSL routers, much more

"South Korea sets 3.5 million heat pump target in national decarbonization push"
#SouthKorea #Energy #HeatPumps

South Korea sets 3.5 million heat pump target in national decarbonization push
The South Korean government says it will deploy incentives, legal changes and industry backing to scale heat pump adoption nationwide, aiming to cut emissions from fossil fuel–dependent heating by the mid-2030s.

South Korean police arrest four over hacking 120K home security cameras, whose footage was used to make sexually exploitative material; one person made ~$12K (John Yoon/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/world/asia/south-korea-cameras-hacked.html…

120,000 Home Cameras Were Hacked for Sexual Videos, South Korean Police Say
The authorities arrested four people this week in the latest turn in the country’s effort to stop exploitative recordings

This might qualify as a "sophisticated" cyberattack, no?
North Korean state-sponsored hackers hijacked Google accounts to remotely control and wipe smartphones and tablets held by individuals in South Korea, then exploited their KakaoTalk messenger as a channel to spread malware to their contacts

North Korean hackers hijack Google, KakaoTalk accounts to control South Korean phones: Report
The attack marks the first confirmed case of a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group compromising Google accounts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/115664279047284587
I don’t support Marxism-Leninism, and therefore do not support North Korea; however, North Korea has consistently supported Palestine since the late 1960s.

Trump Has Likened Himself to a King. South Korea Gave Him a Crown. (Yan Zhuang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/world/asia/trump-south-korea-crown-gyeongju.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE8.vpk9.96ISF250kBHC&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p39#a251029p39

Metacurity is back from a Thanksgiving holiday break with an extensive run-down of the critical cybersecurity developments since last Monday, including
--Some ChatGPT customer data was exposed by a breach at vendor Mixpanel,
--Lazarus Group suspected of $30.6m breach of Upbit,
--Korea's shopping platform Coupang hacked by a former insider to access 30m customers' data,
--Lazarus Group and Kimsuky are DPRK's most prolific hackers,
--Korea arrests four …

Some ChatGPT customers' data were exposed by a breach at vendor Mixpanel
Lazarus Group suspected of $30.6m breach of Upbit, Korea's shopping platform Coupang hacked by a former insider to access 30m customers' data, Lazarus Group and Kimsuky are DPRK's most prolific hackers, Korea arrests four for hacking 120K IP cameras, OnSolve CodeRED platform hit by attack, much more

Trade data shows South Korea's chip exports rose 38.5% YoY to a record $17.26B in November, driven by strong data center demand and higher memory prices (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-…

South Korean media: police raided Coupang's HQ, searching for evidence related to a historic data breach that compromised 30M people's personal information (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Several Ukrainian children abducted by Russia forcibly sent to North Korea, expert tells US Senate: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/04/several-ukrainian-children-abducted-by.html

Resources to Learn More About the DPRK (aka North Korea)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fPJjTYGBo4QRuafFkbWTA8imbpr-QP3tD_946Yv_v3A/edit?tab=t.0

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-south-korea-spying.html
“You can check if there’s a backdoor.” What a knee slapper.
That Time When China’s Leader Joked About Espionage

That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage
Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.

Hegseth refuses to meet American troops with beards during South Korea trip: report (Joe Sommerlad/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-bearded-troops-south-korea-b2853601.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p39#a251028p39

The Lazarus group stands accused of stealing approximately 45 billion won ($30.6 million) from Upbit, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency platform.
https://en.yenisafak.com/world/north-koreas-lazarus-hackers-steal-30-million…

North Korea's Lazarus hackers steal $30 million from South Korean exchange
North Korea's Lazarus hacking group is suspected of stealing approximately $30.6 million in cryptocurrency from South Korea's largest digital asset exchange, Upbit.

At 1:09 a.m. EDT on November 2,
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, carrying Haven Demo and 17 other satellites,
including ones that will be operated by South Korea's Agency for Defense Development (ADD),
the Berlin-based company Exolaunch,
Turkey's Fergani Space,
and U.S. weather-forecasting outfit Tomorrow Companies,
and Starcloud, which carried an NVIDIA H100 AI chip to see if it’s possible to build an artificial intelligence-…

Elon Musk Launches Satellite To Test Systems For Private Space Station
SpaceX launched 18 satellites, including Haven Demo, a key test for the world's first private space station.

Swedish investment firm EQT agrees to invest $930M in Douzone Bizon, a South Korea-based provider of ERP and business software to SMBs, for a 37.6% stake (Atharva Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

South Korea to require facial recognition for new mobile numbers https://therecord.media/south-korea-facial-recognition-phones

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Coupang is facing scrutiny after a data leak revealed that major portions of its Korean-language service were built and maintained by Chinese devs--the main suspect in its recent breach is a former Chinese employee who worked on the company’s authentication systems.
http:/…

Coupang Data Breach Raises Scrutiny of Foreign Developer Hiring, Including Large China-Based Teams - Be Korea-savvy
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang is facing intensifying scrutiny after a major data leak revealed …

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Samsung, SK Group, and others announce billions in domestic investment after US-South Korea trade deal; Samsung plans to invest $310B and SK Group pledged $88B (Kim Tong-Hyung/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-samsung-…

Samsung Electronics leads new domestic investment plans in South Korea
Samsung Electronics and other major South Korean companies have announced new domestic investment plans. This comes after a meeting with President Lee Jae Myung, who hopes to counter concerns about prioritizing U.S. investments under a recent trade deal. Samsung plans to invest $310 billion over five years to expand domestic operations, including a new production line at its Pyeongtaek hub. Hyundai Motor Group also plans to invest $86.3 billion from 2026 to 2030 in research and development. SK …

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So Korea's Coupang's cyber insurance gives it coverage of only around $682,000.
https://www.chosun.com/english/market-money-en/2025/12/08/KXCKOF2BYJEFHJQJDYZI6MQZSE/

Coupang's 1 Billion Won Insurance Falls Short After 33.7 Million Data Breach
Coupangs 1 Billion Won Insurance Falls Short After 33.7 Million Data Breach Critics demand higher insurance limits as current minimums fail to cover massive breaches, with calls to increase coverage up to 100 billion won

Officials accuse North Korea’s Lazarus of $30 million theft from crypto exchange https://therecord.media/officials-accuse-north-korea-hackers-of-attack-on-crypto-exchange

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South Korea's AI textbook program, meant to personalize learning, was rolled back after just four months after complaints about inaccuracies and extra workload (Junhyup Kwon/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/

AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.

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--Indian government retreats from spy app mandate,
--US DOJ seizes Myanmar scam center website,
--Coupang execs sold company stock before breach was announced,
--Coupang is reviewing compensation for breach victims,
--Korea's Gmarket hit by string of una…

Indian government retreats from spy app mandate
US DOJ seizes Myanmar scam center website, Coupang execs sold company stock before breach was announced, Coupang is reviewing compensation for breach victims, Korea's Gmarket hit by string of unauthorized payments, Japan's Askul internet service resumes one month post-breach, much more

South Korea Targets Cambodia’s Scam Industry After Kidnaps, Torture and a Death
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/world/asia/cambodia-south-korea-scams.html#:~:text=About 200…

South Korea Targets Cambodia’s Scam Industry After Kidnaps, Torture and a Death
South Korea’s efforts are part of a widening international crackdown on criminal groups running online fraud schemes from Southeast Asia.

Samsung, up 125%, and SK Hynix, up 268%, accounted for nearly half of the 76% gain in South Korea's Kospi, the world's best-performing major stock index in 2025 (Youkyung Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Over $3.4 billion in crypto stolen throughout 2025, with North Korea again the top culprit https://therecord.media/over-3-billion-crypto-stolen-2025-north-korea

Check out today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--European authorities dismantle the Cryptomixer service,
--Indian government wants smartphone makers to preload state-owned security app,
--Indian government wants to bar comms apps from working on SIM-less devices,
--Korea launches probe into Coupang breach and threatens punitive damages,
--DPRK hackers target S. Koreans with fake tax invoices,
--Malware-laden…

European authorities dismantle the Cryptomixer service that laundered illicit Bitcoin
Indian government wants smartphone makers to preload state-owned security app, Indian government wants to bar comms apps from working on SIM-less devices, Korea launches probe into Coupang breach and threatens punitive damages, DPRK hackers target S. Koreans with fake tax invoices, much more

Naver agrees to acquire Dunamu, which runs South Korea's biggest crypto exchange Upbit, in a $10.3B all-stock deal; Upbit has 80% market share in South Korea (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-26/naver-to…

South Korea, the EU, the UK, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others aim to build "sovereign AI"; Gartner expects $1.5T in AI spending in 2025, up 50% from 2024 (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.

‘Sovereign AI’ Takes Off as Countries Seek to Avoid Overreliance on Superpowers
South Korea and others believe their homegrown tech sectors are strong enough to build up their AI capabilities

Xi Jinping joked about security backdoors when presenting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung with Xiaomi smartphones at APEC, amid US concerns about Huawei (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-03/xi-…

Samsung says the Galaxy Z TriFold will go on sale in South Korea on December 12 for ~$2,440, in China this year, and in the US as early as Q1 2026 (Heekyong Yang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telec…

Pres.Lee Jae Myung ordered a swift investigation Tuesday into the massive data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang and signaled that his administration may seek punitive damages to prevent similar lapses, calling the incident “astonishing” in scale and negligence.
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/106280

President orders probe into Coupang breach - The Korea Herald
President Lee Jae Myung ordered a swift investigation Tuesday into the massive data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang and signaled that his administration may

Oxford Economics: the AI boom is lifting global trade, with ~60% of US data center capex spent on imported IT gear, mainly from Taiwan, South Korea, and Vietnam (Akash Sriram/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/great-ai-buildou…

Check out today's Metacurty for the most crucial infosec developments you should know, including
--Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters claims dossiers on US officials including NSA employees
--EU cops bust up illegal SIM-box service,
--Russia's COLDRIVER uses two new backdoors,
--Korea preps financial consumer data protection bill,
--76K WatchGuard Firebox network security appliances are exposed on the web,
--Attackers target OpenVSX and Microsoft Visual Studi…

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters claims dossiers on US officials including NSA employees
EU cops bust up illegal SIM-box service, Russia's COLDRIVER uses two new backdoors, Korea preps financial consumer data protection bill, 76K WatchGuard Firebox network security appliances are exposed on the web, Attackers target OpenVSX and Microsoft Visual Studio with GlassWorm malware, much more

South Korea’s government is mobilizing an all-hands response to a data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang. The CEO was forced to resign and might face charges.
When has any US company or CEO been held to this level of accountability for a breach?
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/1063937…

Korea launches government-wide probe into Coupang data breach - The Korea Herald
South Korea’s government is mobilizing an all-hands response to a data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang affecting more than 33 million users, establishing an

Nvidia says it will supply 260K of its most advanced AI chips to the South Korean government and major companies, including Samsung, Naver, and SK Group (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/nvidia-s…