NK weekly-external news
Summary of external news of North Korea this week
SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week.
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N. Korea receives US$2.38 mln in int'l aid this year, all from Switzerland: data
SEOUL -- North Korea has received a total of US$2.38 million in international aid so far this year, all of it from Switzerland, United Nations data showed Friday.
Switzerland has committed the aid to North Korea for this year, with $1.1 million to be delivered through the U.N. Children's Fund, and the remainder via the Swiss Development Cooperation and Swiss Humanitarian Aid, according to the Financial Tracking Service of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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U.S. sanctions N.K. cyber actor for IT worker scheme to generate revenue for Kim regime
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a North Korean cyber actor accused of facilitating a scheme under which Pyongyang uses its overseas information technology (IT) workers to generate revenue for the recalcitrant regime.
The department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanction on Song Kum-hyok, describing him as a "malicious" actor associated with the sanctioned Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel. RGB is the North's key military intelligence agency.
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N. Korea runs dining boats on Pyongyang's Taedong River
SEOUL -- North Korea has launched a dining boat service, allowing tourists to enjoy food while drifting on the Taedong River that runs through Pyongyang, a pro-North news outlet reported Monday.
A sightseeing round boat service is currently popular among tourists on the Taedong River, the Choson Sinbo, a pro-North Korean newspaper based in Japan, reported.
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