Spokesperson for Foreign Ministry of DPRK Gives Answer
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) – A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on July 3 as regards the fact that the U.S. judicial authorities recently prosecuted DPRK citizens on the suspicion of a “cyber crime” and put them on a wanted list:
The recent incident is an absurd smear campaign and grave violation of sovereignty aimed at tarnishing the image of our state as it is a continuation of the hostile move of the successive U.S. administrations that have talked much about the non-existent “cyber threat” from the DPRK.
The Foreign Ministry of the DPRK expresses serious concern over the U.S. judicial authorities’ provocation which is threatening and encroaching on the security, rights and interests of our citizens by fabricating the groundless “cyber” drama, and strongly denounces and rejects it.
The real threat of creating international cyberspace instability comes not from the DPRK but from the U.S.
The U.S. has long been posing a constant threat to the cyber security of the DPRK and other sovereign states by making cyber space a scene of battle and abusing the cyber issue as a political weapon to tarnish the image of other countries and impair the exercise of their legitimate rights.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has the right to take a proper and proportionate countermeasure to thoroughly protect the security and rights of its citizens from the judicial enforcement for a sinister political purpose, and to call to strict legal account the outsiders who took malicious action.
We will never tolerate any hostile act of the U.S. to encroach upon our state’s sovereignty through groundless slander and illegal application of judicial means but will firmly defend the legitimate rights and interests of the citizens. -0-
www.kcna.kp (2025.07.04.)
http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/5f6bb047c5f09b1f08bba5ece994a9c0.kcmsf
https://archive.is/kE1AD
DRPK “crimes” are always so fucking low rent. Like “Oh no Koreans are taking jobs and getting paid a salary for it”, or “Oh no Koreans are going to Chinese casinos and playing baccarat in the most boring way possible”, or “Oh no, they stole some crypto that some other crypto guy probably stole”
USA: North Korean citizens don’t have any electronics not to mention access to internet
Also USA: North Korean citizens are committing cyber crimes
Everyone knows Deep Juche Super Hackers don’t actually use computers to hack your hardrive
DPRK was embargoed on computers so they trained mentats
Juche must flow.
It’s important to point out that no actual theft of assets occurred here. The big $5,000,000 number boils down to some Korean dudes spoofing their credentials to get a job, and… that’s the money they got paid to do their jobs. That’s not theft—that’s the same thing thousands of Americans do every day to juke their way into bullshit remote IT jobs. This is only newsworthy because the perfidious oriental enemy combatants did it, and there’s only “damages” because now they have to harden their cyber-defenses against the sinister specter of communism.
The $900,000 “crypto” “theft” is just some crypto-bro grifters getting out-grifted. Haw haw!
Do you really think somebody would do that? Just steal your apes while pretending to be from another country so they could easily get away? Surely there’s securities in place for crypto to prevent such a thing!
obviously? They’re not gonna be like “you were right, I will always be a villain muahahahaha!”
KCNA is a news agency within DPRK. They labeled this article as the top news story for the day. I think it’s interesting that they chose to respond to the US allegations at all. I also like their colorful language and how they criticize the US. I posted the article so people could appreciate the way that DPRK mocks the US.
: “Folks, I’m the one big beautiful North Korean with a small loan of five million dollars. Many people are saying this, tough guys…big guys…tears in their eyes…sir…they say to me…sir… you’re the most beautiful North Korean we’ve ever seen, even more than Kim Jong Un”DPRK has a kinda long winded way to say “We disavow”
This means theyre lying about it
Fox News reacts to the DPRK press statement. https://archive.is/TOR7k
Called it. I knew this was just the US using corruption in their own system as an excuse to be racist and hateful.
Uhh, I mean, of course EVIL NORF COURIER WOULD LIE ABOUT THIS! It’s illegal to say the truth in north korea or else you are thrown into the air and they shoot at you with an anti-air gun, but they have no ammo so you have to pretend to be shot and make all the bullet wounds yourself with a spoon or else you’ll be put in prison for 42069 years!
There is a mythology that follows computers hackers. People have a tendency to view computer hackers as having real life super powers. People dream that a hacker can save them by erasing their debts or toppling a bad government.
I think Hexbears want to believe that DPRK Hackers are doing vigilante justice because it sounds cool. It’s a fun idea. I don’t think that users are saying it in a way that is disrespectful.
I think there’s probably a mix of truth. It is very likely that the US has slandered DPRK for crimes that they did not commit. There’s been dozens of news stories about alleged North Korean Hackers, some of them could be fabricated.
In this particular story, I think it could be real because the US also charged 6 Chinese nationals. When China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked about the charges, the spokesperson said that China opposes the sanctions and will defend the rights of Chinese nationals. My interpretation is that China is not denying that the Chinese nationals worked with DPRK nationals and instead saying they don’t respect US sanctions, which is cool.
AFP: The U.S. Justice Department said yesterday that it has taken down a network that allegedly helped North Koreans obtain remote IT work with companies to raise funds for the country’s weapons program. Six Chinese nationals and two Taiwan citizens have been indicted for their involvement. Does the Foreign Ministry have a comment on this?
Mao Ning: China opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or authorization of the UN Security Council. We will do what is necessary to defend the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese nationals.
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/202507/t20250701_11662827.html
i mean this really doesnt mean anything lol, are we really expecting the DPRK to ever admit this?
I’m being torn apart at the intersection of “I want to believe” and “the United States is a notorious liar.”
of course never trust amerikkka lol, if the DPRK was doing this the dollars are only a secondary benefit, who would the DPRK even give these dollars to to buy things for them, china?
I think the DPRK already accepts USD for tourism, but even if it didn’t the answer to your question would probably be yes.
The amount of money stolen was a huge amount for a small group of people, but an absurdly minuscule amount for a country, so I think that helps clear up who is lying here.
I believe the context of this DPRK press statement is in response to the article below.
The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI on Monday announced an arrest and indictments targeting North Korea’s so-called “IT worker” program, where North Koreans obtain remote IT-related positions at more than 100 U.S. companies, and use that access to steal money and information from a host of companies around the world.
The North Korean workers used compromised identities of more than 80 U.S. citizens to obtain remote jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies and caused more than $3 million in legal fees, remediation and other costs, according to the DOJ.
The two men, along with four other unnamed U.S. “facilitators,” assisted the North Koreans by procuring and operating laptops used by the overseas workers, created financial accounts to receive money earned by the workers to be sent back to North Korea, and created shell companies to make the workers appear more authentic, according to the DOJ, earning nearly $700,000 from the scheme for themselves.
Federal prosecutors also indicted six Chinese nationals and two Taiwanese nationals for alleged roles in the operation. China would take all necessary measures to safeguard the rights and interests of its citizens, the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a regular news briefing on Tuesday.
wasn’t this the story where “stealing money” was just… earning a wage for their work at US market rate for IT workers?
I did not copy/paste the full article. If you click on the link, it says the US is accusing them of stealing $900k of bitcoin and software source code.
The North Koreans also allegedly stole at least $900,000 worth of cryptocurrency from one Georgia-based company with their access, along with employer data and source code, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) data, from a California-based defense contractor, the DOJ said.
