AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoBorder trade: China and North Korea are set to open the New Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, 12 years after construction finished. The crossing could expand trade as transport links between the neighbors resume. Cyber crackdown: The U.S. charged 14 people over an alleged North Korean IT-worker scheme that earned more than $3 million from jobs at over 70 companies. The FBI seized 187 devices from suspected Texas laptop farms; two Americans were arrested. Weapons and Russia: North Korea’s Oct. 12 missile test included a KN-30 that flew more than 910 kilometers, a longer range than in earlier trials. The missile type has previously been supplied to Russia. A U.S. commander says Pyongyang is also gaining military logistics and deployment experience from the Ukraine war. Overseas labor: North Korea is expanding worker dispatches to Russia, sources say, with recruits often not told their destination or job in advance. Nuclear diplomacy: Kim Jong Un has put a new Hwasong-20 ICBM on display as U.S. President Donald Trump floats a possible meeting, while Pyongyang says it will not bargain away its nuclear arsenal.
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