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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Spycraft, a podcast that tells gripping life and

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<v Speaker 1>death spy stories and the amazing devices and operations that

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<v Speaker 1>made them possible. Now let's get started.

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<v Speaker 4>Today, we're going to go look at Room thirty nine.

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<v Speaker 4>What is this all about? Well? North Korea has long

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<v Speaker 4>relied on unconventional means to sustain its isolated economy and

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<v Speaker 4>fund its nuclear ambitions, but recent intelligence reveals the extent

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<v Speaker 4>to which it operates more like a transnational crime synd

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<v Speaker 4>the kid than a conventional state. At the heart of

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<v Speaker 4>this co root apparatus is Room thirty nine, a secretive

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<v Speaker 4>government bureau responsible for generating hard currency through illicted activities.

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<v Speaker 4>Analysts now compare North Korea's state run operations to the

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<v Speaker 4>structure and methods of organized crime groups such as the mafia.

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<v Speaker 4>Room thirty nine, officially known as a Central Committee Bureau

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<v Speaker 4>thirty nine of the Workers Party of Korea, plays a

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<v Speaker 4>pivotal role in managing North Korea's shadow economy. It allegedly

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<v Speaker 4>involved in a wide ray of criminal enterprises, including counterfeiting

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<v Speaker 4>foreign currency, producing arcotics, perpetrating insurance fraud, and more recently,

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<v Speaker 4>coordinating international cybercrime and labor exploitation. The schemes are not

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<v Speaker 4>only are not only about survival, they also ensure the

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<v Speaker 4>funding of the regimes elite in its strategic programs, including

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<v Speaker 4>nuclear weapons. One of the most significant aspects of the

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<v Speaker 4>system is the deployment of highly trained North Korean IT

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<v Speaker 4>workers abroad. These individuals operated under false identities, using forged

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<v Speaker 4>documents to gain employment in foreign tech companies. Once embedded,

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<v Speaker 4>they're expected to send a large portion of the rages

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<v Speaker 4>back to the regime. This not only constitutes a severe

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<v Speaker 4>violation obviously of international label laws, but also allows the

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<v Speaker 4>regime to embed sleeper agents within the digital infrastructure of

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<v Speaker 4>unsuspecting businesses around the world. Cybercrime is become a particularly

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<v Speaker 4>profitable and dangerous component of the strategy. North Korea operatives

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<v Speaker 4>are believed to have carried out sophisticated cyber attacks and

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<v Speaker 4>still a vast amount of cryptocurrency, funneling millions of dollars

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<v Speaker 4>back into the country. These operations mirror the structure of

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<v Speaker 4>mafia organizations, where layers of deniability, compartmentalization, and loyalty are

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<v Speaker 4>designed to evade international detection. The scale and organization of

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<v Speaker 4>North Korea's overseas IT and I SAY cyber operations show

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<v Speaker 4>how traditional state craft is being replaced by illicit enterprise.

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<v Speaker 4>Workers are reportedly subjected to intense ideological indoctrination before being

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<v Speaker 4>sent abroad, where they are monitored by handlers and kept

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<v Speaker 4>under constant pressure to deliver financially. Their compliances enforced through

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<v Speaker 4>threats to their families back home. It's showing loyalty despite

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<v Speaker 4>international sanctions and diplomatic pressure nor continued. North Korea continues

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<v Speaker 4>to adapt and uses shell companies, laundering networks, and unregulated

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<v Speaker 4>crypto markets to move money concealed digital fingerprints. Experts warned

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<v Speaker 4>that combating these threats will require unprecedented global cooperation. Sanctions

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<v Speaker 4>alone are obviously not enough. Enhanced cybersecurity protocols will be needed,

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<v Speaker 4>Financial intelligence sharing and strict labor verification processes are going

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<v Speaker 4>to be vital. So I hope most companies are listening

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<v Speaker 4>to this because as long as PON can exploit the

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<v Speaker 4>blurred lines between state operations and criminal enterprise, it will

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<v Speaker 4>continue to pose a unique, complex threat ul security