News North Korea Banks: Sanctioning Russia Curtails North Korea’s Hard Currency Intake
Published on: Sunday 06 March 2022
News source: https://www.voanews.com/a/sanctioning-russia-curtails-north-korea-s-hard-currency-intake/6471278.html
A sharp drop of the Russian ruble slashed the amount of dollars North Korean workers in Russia can send to Pyongyang as required remittances, putting them under extreme pressure to meet monthly quotas assigned by the regime
News North Korea Banks: Family of UVa student who died after being taken hostage by North Korea to receive $240,300 in seized bank funds
Published on: Wednesday 19 January 2022
News source: https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/family-of-uva-student-who-died-after-being-taken-hostage-by-north-korea-to-receive/article_0c914dc6-0f1d-5129-9eeb-0d0b8ac3e557.html
The parents of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who died after being taken hostage by North Korea and released by the country in a coma in 2017, should receive $240,300 seized from a ...
News North Korea Banks: North Korean Bank's Seized Funds Given to Parents of U.S. Student They Say Nation Tortured
Published on: Wednesday 19 January 2022
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korean-banks-seized-funds-given-to-parents-of-us-student-they-say-nation-tortured/ar-AASWJtP
The money will be a payment toward an award of $501 million a different judge in the District of Columbia ordered Fred and Cindy Warmbier to receive in 2018.
