US, South Korea Issue Fresh North Korea Sanctions on ‘Illicit’ IT Workforce

US, South Korea Issue Fresh North Korea Sanctions on ‘Illicit’ IT Workforce
An engineering student takes part in a hacking challenge near Paris on March 16, 2013. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
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The United States and South Korea on Tuesday announced new North Korea sanctions related to thousands of IT workers, many operating in China and Russia, whose labors allegedly help fund weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, they said.

One individual, Kim Sang Man, and the North Korea-based Chinyong Information Technology Cooperation Company were sanctioned jointly by the United States and South Korea in relation to their IT worker activities, U.S. Treasury Department said.