North Korea's Dirty Laundry: Cryptocurrencies
North Korea is used to sanctions by now. When Pyongyang demonstrates its might with missile tests, or when reports surface of the bone crushing repression within prison camps, the West often responds with financial measures and sanctions. But now, North Korea has a new plan to move money across borders despite sanctions - cryptocurrencies. And from what we can tell, it looks like they are using digital coins to evade sanctions to great effect. On this episode of GDP Ethan Jewell joins us to talk about North Korea's cryptocurrency plans. Ethan Jewell is a Seoul-based correspondent for NK News and NK Pro focused on sanctions, trade and maritime issues. He previously worked as an investigations and intelligence contractor for Facebook and as a research intern for the Brookings Institution’s Center for East Asia Policy Studies. He also worked as a personal research assistant for Evan Osnos of the New Yorker Magazine, where he researched a range of topics from Chinese economics to American domestic politics. Ethan graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2019 with a bachelors in International Security with a focus on China and the Korean Peninsula. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish