Yomiuri gave top play to the finding that a North Korean agent working mainly in China is suspected of having used a Japanese trading company in Tokyo to obtain foreign currency, and that the Japanese police have identified the case as “espionage.” The daily said North Korea targeted the well-known Japanese firm to acquire foreign currency as Pyongyang remains under UN economic sanctions.
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North Korea suspected of using Japanese firm to acquire foreign currency
- January 4, 2022
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