American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at U.S. firms

Re:American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at ... by NoMoreNicksLeft on Thursday July 24, 2025 @06:40PM (#44677185)

You don't matter. But if you did, you'd've just screwed yourself. I hope you're not an NBA basketball player hoping to sponge up some extra millions in the off-season, or any sort of athlete at all. Any type of celebrity either. And if you were talented enough that a Chinese company might want to hire you, then this comment would be found with certainty.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at ... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday July 24, 2025 @07:05PM (#44677395)

> if you did, you'd've just screwed yourself

This is nonsense. China's peak of influence over America has passed, due in part to some of that past heavyhandedness.

If you're in a job that's exposed to China, sure, you should be careful. Same way if you're in a job that's exposed to a prominent individual, you probably shouldn't shit talk them in public.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:American sentenced for helping North Koreans get jobs at ... by alephnerd on Thursday July 24, 2025 @10:26PM (#44678869)

^^^ this.

There are very valid reasons to oppose the Chinese government, but it should NOT sink into jingoism or red scare style BS.

A globalized world like ours today makes it incredibly difficult to be heavy handed the same manner the USSR was back in the day.

(Doesn't mean organs like the UFWD aren't active, but their capabilities are vastly overstated for the sake of jingoism - and I'm saying this as someone who carries a burner and uses non-American ID at GITEX)

[ Parent | on HN ]