https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/21/second-north-korean-soldier-defects-southWeeks after a North Korean soldier was seriously wounded during his successful escape to South Korea, another member of the regime’s military has crossed the countries’ heavily armed border, according to media reports.
The second soldier, who has not been named, appeared at a guard post along the western section of the 2.5-mile-wide demilitarised zone [DMZ], the heavily armed border that divides the Korean peninsula – on Thursday morning, according to Yonhap news agency.
No gunfire was heard during the latest defection by a member of the North’s 1.2-million strong army, but Yonhap said South Korean forces had fired around 20 warning shots at North Korean border guards as they searched for the missing soldier.
It is possible that the defector’s fellow soldiers were initially unaware of his bid for freedom as the area was blanketed in thick fog at the time, media reports said.
The serviceman, who is said to be of a low rank, is being questioned by South Korean military authorities.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...st-bitcoin-heist-bankrupting-youbit-exchange/When you're developing intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons while under some of the harshest economic sanctions the world has seen, every bit—and every bitcoin—apparently helps.
North Korea has been implicated in both the WannaCry cryptographic worm and its bitcoin ransom demands as well as stealing about $81 million in traditional money through fraudulent funds transfers from a Bangladeshi bank. And now it appears that North Korean hackers are responsible for bringing down the Youbit cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea.
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