North Korea
Held at the top of Tier 1, inside the 75 to 85 boundary zone. AI adoption evidence sits under senior review for the next release.
| Next score | January 15, 2027 |
|---|---|
| Watch | Revenue theft turns toward a destructive effect, or the Russia partnership delivers a step-change in capability. |
Eight sub-indices
Each sub-index runs 0 to 100. Every score rests on evidence graded under the ASA Evidence Standard, Public Edition 1.2 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23137881).
Who runs the operations
The Reconnaissance General Bureau, the Lazarus Group and its subgroups, and the IT-worker program.
Read the scoring
The Tier 0 edition carries the full Big Four read, the trigger board, and the forecasts. Paid tiers add the actor profiles, the evidence registers, and the decision playbooks.
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