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North Korea retargets radio jamming
North Korea has retargeted its radio jamming program after the cessation in early July of propaganda broadcasts by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. On July 30, jamming was observed against KBS Hanminjok Radio (KBS 한민족방송) and Voice of Freedom (자유의소리방송), which is run by the Ministry of National Defence. North Korea jams programs by deliberately broadcasting…
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North Korea Has Scored a Major Victory in the Battle Against Information
The propagandists and censors in North Korea have been battling foreign information for decades and just scored one of their biggest victories. They didn’t need to do anything. The US and South Korean governments did it for them.
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North Korea’s Revised Radio Wave Control Law
A key North Korean law that provides the technical basis for much of the country’s censorship of foreign broadcast and communications networks has been expanded in scope. The Radio Wave Control Law (전파관리법) previously covered radio equipment but a revised version published in 2023 includes electronic devices, including computers. The revisions add a lot more…
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New Satellite Could Provide Internet Access to North Korea…Someday
North Korea’s attempts to block foreign information from the country could soon face their most significant challenge to date. After years of combating the smuggling in of information via USBs, SD cards and other portable data delivery devices, as well as jamming of radio and satellite signals throughout the country, a new type of telecommunications…
