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The paperback is out! So grateful to the team @randomhouse for the ongoing support and enthusiasm for this project.
Jung H. Pak, PhD
@junghpak1
Author of Becoming Kim Jong Un. Former CIA. Former State Dept. Former Brookings Inst Sr Fellow. Personal account.
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We’re all familiar with North Korea as a military, nuclear threat. But it has also emerged in recent years as a potent economic threat. Great reporting by @DaslYoon
Kim Yo Jong denies North Korea was behind the Binance heist wsj.com/world/asia/eag… via @WSJ Her job is to protect the regime's reputation, but North Korea has created specialized military-intelligence hacking units & extensive international laundering networks, as shown by various US government investigations, intelligence attributions & blockchain tracing--netting at least $6.75 billion in cryptocurrency through 2025 alone. #NorthKorea #damage_control #Kim_Yo_Jong #institutionalzied_cybertheft @DaslYoonView quoted post on X
Good piece by @shaneharris. Yes, analysts support POTUS. But they also work closely with ops colleagues, providing assessments, inc on adversaries’ likely responses, potential scenarios, leadership intentions. To have ops w/o strong analysis is a hobbled CIA and a less secure US
New in @TheAtlantic, my profile of CIA Director John Ratcliffe, one of Trump's closest advisers, and the man in the middle of the president's deeply conflicted Ukraine policy.View quoted post on X
theatlantic.com/national-secur…
Good job by FBI, DOJ and U.S. intel. North Korean IT workers generate untold sums for Kim Jong Un’s nuclear weapons program. There’s also a human rights element, as the workers toil under harsh conditions and must relinquish 80-90% of income to the regime.
New: The FBI last month worked w/ CrowdStrike to disrupt a network of over 40 American laptop farms in Texas believed to be aiding North Korea in securing remote IT jobs that helped fund the reclusive country’s nuclear and ballistic weapons programs, U.S. officials said Tuesday.View quoted post on X
Thoughtful, incredibly eloquent conversation among three of the best. The observation that “our perceptions of China in America are entwined with our perceptions of ourselves” is especially resonant.
1/ 💥Sharing podcast (and transcript) of discussion with @eosnos, one of the most perceptive chroniclers of China's national journey. He takes us into his reporting from "Age of Ambition" to how he ended up quoting a fortune teller in his latest piece.View quoted post on X
brookings.edu/articles/is-ch…
