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Three things to read, from September 2025
Each month, NK TechLab will publish a review of three interesting or important articles from the month that provide a window into the use of technology in North Korea. This month, surveillance at a LAN café in Pyongyang, more radio broadcasts to North Korea are halted, and North Korean IT workers look beyond the tech…
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Digital Surveillance in North Korea: Moving Toward a Digital Panopticon State
Digital technology is progressively entering into different facets of life in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) and reshaping the landscape of its society, especially in Pyongyang. Smartphones can now facilitate electronic payments; set-top boxes offer additional TV and streaming options; cameras keep watch on traffic in major cities; and electronic…
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North Korea’s Koryolink: Built for Surveillance and Control
Eavesdropping and network security were the top concerns of the North Korean government in the months before Koryolink, the country’s current mobile network service, was launched in December 2008, according to minutes of a May 28, 2008 meeting in Kuala Lumpur between engineers from the Korea Posts and Telecommunications Co. (KPTC) and Orascom Telecom which…
