I just realized North Korea is quite a remarkable country, with three generations of leaders.
During Kim Il-sung’s era, it borrowed huge sums from the West and then defaulted on the loans. His son Kim Jong-il forged large quantities of U.S. dollars and made counterfeit cigarettes to trade for supplies. His grandson Kim Jong-un has built up a massive cyber force, ranging from posing as remote workers to earn foreign currency to outright raiding other people’s crypto vaults.
During Kim Il-sung’s era, it borrowed huge sums from the West and then defaulted on the loans. His son Kim Jong-il forged large quantities of U.S. dollars and made counterfeit cigarettes to trade for supplies. His grandson Kim Jong-un has built up a massive cyber force, ranging from posing as remote workers to earn foreign currency to outright raiding other people’s crypto vaults.