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This photo shows British Ambassador to Korea Colin Crooks, third from left, posing with panel members and the host of an event hosted by the Royal United Services Institute on strengthening security cooperation between Korea and Britain in Seoul on March 4. [YONHAP]

Britain's top envoy calls for stepped-up cyber cooperation with Korea

British Ambassador to Korea Colin Crooks on Wednesday called for closer cyber cooperation between Seoul and London, citing the shared challenges of growing cyberattacks and the two nations' sophisticated cybersecurity ecosystems.

2026.3.5

This undated file photo shows a text message that e-commerce giant Coupang sent after its data was breached. [YONHAP]

Cyber intrusion crimes double in 10 years: Data

The number of cyber intrusion crimes — including hacking and distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks — has nearly doubled over the past decade, government data showed on Friday.

2025.12.26

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Korea, U.S. launch joint cybersecurity drills

Korea and the United States kicked off a joint cybersecurity exercise Monday to strengthen their combined readiness posture against potential cybersecurity threats from enemies.

2025.11.17

A court plaque in front of Daejeon District Court [YONHAP]

Court websites down in suspected DDoS attack

Access to court websites nationwide was temporarily suspended on Thursday afternoon, due to a suspected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

2024.11.7

A screen capture of a gambling site built by a North Korean IT company which raked in $5,000 per website it created. [NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE]

North Korean tech workers, South Korean gangsters team up on illegal online gambling

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it uncovered a North Korean group running illicit cyber activities cooperating with several South Korean criminal organizations…

2024.2.14

An Israeli soldier walks near armaments during an official media tour organized by the Israeli military on Oct. 26, where it displayed a variety of weapons recovered from areas hit by the Palestinian Hamas militants during their Oct. 7 attack on communities across southern Israel. Israel's military on Oct. 26 said a portion of the weapons used by Hamas during the militant group's Oct. 7 attacks were made in Iran and North Korea. [AFP/YONHAP]

South sanctions North's head of intelligence, 7 others for illegal arms trade, cyber crimes

The South Korean government sanctioned eight North Korean individuals for their illegal arms trades and cyber activities on Wednesday...

2023.12.27

From right, South Korea's deputy nuclear envoy Lee Joon-il, Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Policy Bureau of Japan Hideo Ishizuki and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Jung Pak meet in Tokyo on Thursday to launch a trilateral working group to address the North’s growing cyber threats. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF KOREA]

Envoys from Seoul, Washington, Tokyo meet in Japan to address North's cyberattacks

Nuclear envoys and negotiators of South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Tokyo on Thursday to launch a trilateral working group to address the North's growing cyber threats.

2023.12.7

Kim Jong-un at a North Korean event on Sunday. [KOREAN CENTRAL TV/YONHAP]

South confirms closure of seven North Korean embassies

North Korea shut down seven embassies due to financial struggles, said the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. “North Korea recently shut its embassies in Guinea, Nepal, Bangladesh, Senegal, Spain, Angola and Uganda,” a Foreign Ministry official told...

2023.12.5

Deputy Special Representative for North Korea Jung Pak of the U.S. Department of State speaks during a news conference on April 25 at the Department of Justice in Washington. [AP/YONHAP]

Allies vow to crack down on North Korea's lucrative cybercrime

South Korea and the United States vowed at a recent meeting in Washington to crack down on North Korea's illegal cyber activities funding the regime's nuclear and missile programs. “The two sides agreed on the need to...

2023.11.8

Miniatures of people with computers are seen in front of a North Korea flag in this illustration made on July 19. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

South, U.S. warn companies about hiring North's IT workers

Seoul and Washington issued a joint statement on Thursday warning against hiring North Korean IT workers, whose income generates revenue for the regime’s nuclear and missile programs...

2023.10.19