{
  "id": 17864738,
  "title": "N. Korean leader's sister blasts FBI's crypto theft probe as 'political provocation'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/n-korean-leaders-sister-blasts-fbis-crypto-theft-probe-as-political-17864738",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T22:22:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261103/n-korean-leaders-sister-blasts-fbis-crypto-theft-probe-as-political-provocation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "North Korea's leader sister Kim Yo-jong denounced a U.S. investigation on Tuesday, calling it a \"grave political provocation\" against Pyongyang. This assertion comes after the FBI claimed, on Saturday, that North Korea had stolen over $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. Kim made these remarks in a dispatch published by the Korean Central News Agency, stating that the FBI is attempting to label North Korea as a \"cyber criminal state\" based on information suggesting a hacking organization, allegedly supported by the DPRK, was involved in the incident. Kim emphasized that the U.S. is misleading international public opinion, implying that all cybercrimes globally are the fault of North Korea.",
  "summary": "North Korea denounced Tuesday U.S. investigation findings on its alleged cryptocurrency theft as a \"grave political provocation\" that reinforces Washington's hostile policy toward Pyongyang. Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of the North's leader Kim Jong-un made the comments citing the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s announcement Saturday blaming the regime for stealing more than $6…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) N. Korean leader's sister denounces FBI's crypto theft probe as 'political provocation'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/urgent-n-korean-leaders-sister-denounces-fbis-crypto-theft-probe-as",
        "published": "2026-11-02T21:21:18.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}