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North Korean IT workers have been identified working in Japan, the U.S., the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine, using a strategy to secure employment and remit earnings back to North Korea.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Oct 23, 2025

North Korean agents in Japan’s anime industry part of sophisticated sanctions evasion

By Elizabeth Beattie

A cross-border sanctions monitoring effort between Japan and 10 other countries has sounded the alarm on North Korea’s sanctions evasion tactics in a detailed report.

A new cybercrime pact being considered will be an unprecedented move that the United Nations expects will make responses to such crimes quicker and more effective.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Oct 22, 2025

U.N. cybercrime pact to be signed in Hanoi raises hopes and concerns

By Francesco Guarascio

The agreement is an unprecedented move expected to boost responses to cybercrime, but activists and experts have warned about possible abuses from its vague language.

U.S. Marines come ashore from a landing craft utility during training exercises in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 16.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Oct 21, 2025

In Trump's drug war, U.S. officials avoid tackling legal status of prisoners

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart

The U.S. government chose not to use the term "prisoners of war" to describe two survivors of an attack last week by the U.S. military.

French police officers stand in front of the Louvre museum in Paris on Sunday after a robbery.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Oct 21, 2025

French cops may nab Louvre thieves but they're unlikely to recover the loot

By Gabriel Stargardter, Juliette Jabkhiro and Elissa Darwish

Valuable jewels and gold can be quickly broken down into component parts and sold on.

Members of a forensic team inspect a window believed to have been used in what the French Interior Ministry said was a robbery at the Louvre museum during which jewellery was stolen, in Paris on Sunday.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Oct 20, 2025

Thieves steal French crown jewels from Louvre in daytime raid

By Sylvie MALIGORNE and Jeremy Tordjman

The spectacular heist, one of several to target French museums in recent months, forced the closure of the Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and home to the Mona Lisa.

Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Oct 18, 2025

Bolton faces tougher defense than other Trump foes charged with crimes

By Luc Cohen and Sarah N. Lynch

However, legal experts say the former U.S. national security advisor has several options for mounting a defense.

Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified information.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Oct 17, 2025

Trump's ex-national security adviser charged with mishandling classified info

By Sarah N. Lynch and Jack Queen

John Bolton served as White House national security adviser during Trump's first term as U.S. president before emerging as one of his most vocal critics.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.

Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.

By Thu-Huong Ha and Mike Fu

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Maruhachi never sleeps in quest for better futons

Maruhachi never sleeps in quest for better futons

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