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Mystery North Korean radio broadcast highlights coded communications
A little after midnight, early on the morning of July 15, as most of the Korean peninsula slept, were North Korean spies up late listening to the radio? This was the big question after a strange sequence of numbers was read out on a North Korean radio station. It sounded a lot like the coded…
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Kim Jong Un added to US sanctions list for the first time
It probably comes as a surprise to many that Kim Jong Un was never on the U.S. sanctions list for North Korea. That changed on Wednesday when the State Department him by name along with a handful of other government departments and individuals. The inclusion is more symbolic than anything else. It wasn’t as if Kim…
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‘North Korean social network’ appears
A Facebook-like social network has appeared on a North Korean web server, apparently installed by the state-run Internet service provider.
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Lawsuit planned over South Korea’s blocking of North Korea Tech website
I am working with the Korea Internet Transparency Reporting Project and Open Net Korea to file a lawsuit against the KCSC to overturn the blocking.
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Frustrated reporters see factory, not party congress
For the more than 100 foreign journalists in Pyongyang right now, Friday was apparently a frustrating day. They saw a factory, not the party congress.
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Nobel laureates continue tour of Pyongyang, visit PUST
Three nobel laureates on a tour of North Korea visited the foreign-funded Pyongyang University of Science and Technology on Thursday.
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South Korea confirms censorship of North Korea Tech
North Korea Tech lost its appeal to the Korea Communications Standards Commission over the recent blocking of this website in South Korea.
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DPRK again second-to-last in press freedom ranking
The DPRK has again been ranked the second worst country in the world for press freedom. In a report that brings no surprises, Reporters Without Borders placed North Korea 179th in the world — better only than Eritrea. North Korea has consistently been at the bottom of the group’s annual press freedom ranking since it began…
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Achim Computer says it’s increasing production
North Korea’s Achim Computer says it’s turning out 100,000 electronic products a year and is increasing production.
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North Korea’s Internet connection keeps going down
North Korea’s sole link with the global Internet has been interrupted at roughly the same time on the last three successive nights.
