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South Korea and the United States jointly designated North Korean national Sim Hyon Sop for supporting illicit cyber-enabled revenue activity tied to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs. The source says Sim, associated with the UN-sanctioned Korea Kwangson Banking Corp, helped launder and move millions of dollars, including cryptocurrency earned by overseas DPRK IT workers using false identities. Seoul framed the action as the first simultaneous U.S.-ROK cyber sanctions designation against the same target and cited prior cooperation to freeze stolen cryptocurrency, block DPRK IT-worker alias accounts, and recover portions of illegal proceeds. The measure matters because it targets the financial infrastructure that converts DPRK cyber and IT-worker activity into usable regime funding.