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South Korean prosecutors charged the alleged head of a China-based gambling-site distribution group for working with North Korean hackers from the 313 Bureau, formerly the Korea Computer Center, and the Reconnaissance General Bureau’s 5th Bureau. The indictment says the group sold 16 illegal gambling sites using 71 domains to domestic gambling operators between 2022 and 2024, while communicating with North Korean developers over Telegram and WeChat for site development, maintenance, error checking, and promotional tooling. Investigators assessed that roughly 23.5 billion KRW flowed through mule accounts over three years and five months, with about 30 percent, more than 7 billion KRW, passed to North Korean hackers and likely remitted to the regime. The case matters for DPRK tracking because it links state-affiliated North Korean cyber and IT units to criminal gambling infrastructure, foreign-currency generation, and services that could increase South Korea-facing cyber risk.