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North Korea on Friday denounced the intergovernmental anti-money laundering body for keeping Pyongyang on its blacklist, claiming the agency serves the United States' hostile policy toward it. At a meeting in Paris in late October, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to keep the North on its list of a "high-risk jurisdiction subject to a call for action." The designation applies to countries with serious failings in preventing money laundering, terrorist financing and weapons proliferation. "The Foreign Ministry of the DPRK expresses strong displeasure" over the FATF's practice of "encroaching upon the dignity, rights and interests of a sovereign state," a ministry spokesperson said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name. "'Money laundering,' 'financing of terrorism,' 'drug trafficking' and 'counterfeiting' have nothing to do with the DPRK," the official said. "The FATF has turned into a conspiracy group and an extremely politicized organization serving the U.S. hostile

WASHINGTON — A U.S. cryptocurrency expert on Thursday called for South Korea to strengthen cooperation with the United States and Japan through unilateral and multilateral sanctions to counter North Korean cryptocurrency theft, including a recent major incident involving Binance. "South Korea should also deepen joint work with the United States and Japan to put additional pressure on North Korea," said Ari Redbord, global head of policy at U.S. blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs, in a written response to Yonhap News Agency's inquiry on South Korea's response to last week's major theft at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said North Korea was responsible for the theft of more than US$6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance. Pyongyang, however, rejected the accusation, calling it a "grave political provocation" against the North. "Pressure means multilateral and unilateral sanctions, diplomatic pressure on North Korea and its Chinese enablers, and action against the Chinese money laundering networks Pyongyang depends on," R

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