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At the Root of K-Pop’s Controversies, a Restrictive Business Model

Labels exert extraordinary control over performers because only a few acts turn a profit.

Β© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

NewJeans performing in Hong Kong in 2025. K-pop remains dogged by complaints of physical, emotional and financial abuse.

North Korean Hackers Stole Billions, the F.B.I. Says. It’s Not Their First Heist.

This week’s $6.3 billion hack of Binance is the largest to hit crypto, and would be the most that North Koreans have stolen in years of brazen cybercrime.

Β© Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in 2025.
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