{"id":"n_5cooc43mba457fwfig3q","seq":10832165,"kind":"article","title":"US obtains court approval to seize, restrain over $1.2 bil. stolen in NK Binance theft","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261114/us-obtains-court-approval-to-seize-restrain-over-12-bil-stolen-in-nk-binance-theft","summary":"WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has said it has obtained court authorization to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency purportedly stolen by North Korean hackers from crypto exchange Binance last month. The $1.2 billion subject to court-authorized seizure or restraint is part of more than $2.7 billion in assets frozen by U.S. authorities and private-sector partners, following the theft of over $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance, according…","published":"2026-11-13T19:42:03Z","seen":"2026-11-13T19:42:21Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","name":"koreatimes.co.kr","domain":"feed.koreatimes.co.kr"},"via":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","topics":["asia"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q51403327","name":"Binance","type":"org"},{"id":"Q423","name":"North Korea","type":"place"}],"image":"https://newsimg.koreatimes.co.kr/2026/11/14/d0b3920c-578d-4d6b-953a-5c5e5e20c697.jpg","story":"st_7knnwutc6uebfm46z3uq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.55,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.39,"political":0.64}