SEOUL: North Korea condemned on Thursday the latest US sanctions imposed on people and organizations accused of cybercrimes, saying they showed Washington\u2019s \u201cwicked nature to be hostile\u201d against the regime.<\/p>\n
The criticism came after the US Treasury announced this week sanctions on eight individuals and two entities \u201cfor their role in laundering funds derived from a variety of illicit Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The individuals were \u201cstate-sponsored hackers,\u201d the department said, whose illicit operations were conducted \u201cto fund the regime\u2019s nuclear weapons program\u201d by stealing and laundering money.<\/p>\n
Pyongyang\u2019s \u201ccybercriminals have stolen over $3 billion over the past three years,\u201d US officials said, \u201cprimarily in cryptocurrency, often using sophisticated techniques such as advanced malware and social engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kim Un Chol, vice-minister for US affairs at North Korea\u2019s foreign ministry, denounced the move in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cRecently, the new US administration has imposed its exclusive sanctions on the DPRK, the fifth of their kind since its assumption of office,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy doing so, the US administration showed to the full its stand that it would be hostile toward the DPRK to the last,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Kim said sanctions would not affect the policy course of the nuclear-armed state but would \u201conly be recorded as a typical example symbolising the failure in its incurable policy toward the DPRK.\u201d<\/p>\n
The latest measures came after US President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed willingness to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his Asia tour last week, an offer that went unanswered by Pyongyang.<\/p>\n
Kim Jong Un met Trump three times for high-profile summits during the US leader\u2019s first term, but talks collapsed over what concessions Pyongyang was prepared to make on its atomic weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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