The fact that North Korea has hacking cells operating in China does not surprise me, heck they were probably trained by the Chinese, however I am curious to which Eastern European nation is helping the North Koreans?:

Cyberspace security agents of the Korea Information Security Agency monitor the damage of the ongoing cyber attacks yesterday at the office of the agency in Garak-dong, Seoul. By Oh Jong-taek

The National Intelligence Service has told South Korean legislators that it has specific intelligence that the North Korean military last month called for cyber attacks against South Korea, the JoongAng Ilbo has learned.

On Thursday, members of the National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee attended the behind-closed-doors meeting. They were joined by senior officials from the National Intelligence Service.

According to multiple committee members who were present at the meeting, the spy agency said North Korea ordered a laboratory under the reconnaissance bureau of the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces to “destroy South Korea’s puppet communications networks in an instant.”

The committee members said the spy agency presented specific intelligence, such as that the North directed the lab to develop malignant codes and to operate a unit of hackers. The lab, titled Research Institute No. 110, is responsible for carrying out cyber terrorism in North Korea.

In addition, committee members said the service mentioned the presence of North Korean agents in Beijing and Shenyang in China, where they have set up overseas bases for cyber terrorism.

“The spy agency said one Eastern European nation that has been friendly with North Korea has also emerged as an overseas headquarters, and that the South Korean government is trying to work with that European country to share intelligence,” said one participant at the meeting.  [Joong Ang Ilbo]

It makes me wonder if North Korea is using Belarus as a launching point for some of these attacks?  North Korea has an embassy in the country and has sided with the country against United Nations resolutions condemning human rights abuses in those countries.  Belarus has also been linked to arms dealings with North Korea as well.  Anyone else have an guesses at what other Eastern European nation could be helping the North Koreans?