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Why do punishments differ when North Koreans are caught with foreign content?
Getting reliable information out of North Korea is difficult so analysts often must rely on a drip feed of reports and anecdotes to understand what’s happening in the country beyond state media reporting. This often leads to contradictory information. The answer is usually nuanced and is not well understood outside the country. During a recent…
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Mixed messages on electronic evidence
As digitization spreads in North Korea, so does the need for different sectors of the economy to accommodate it or catch up. That includes the legal field where discussion of electronic evidence has begun. In the most recent edition of 38 North’s NK Briefing, I wrote about how the Journal of Kim Il Sung University (Jurisprudence) had introduced…
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North Korea’s other TV: What you don’t see on KCTV
North Korea’s other TV: What you don’t see on KCTV — the country runs three additional channels covering sport, culture, and education.
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The Importance of Foreign Information Access in North Korea
Dramatic cuts to foreign broadcasts targeting North Korea have raised urgent questions about how citizens will access outside information in the years ahead.
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Three things to read, from September 2025
This month covers a new Pyongyang LAN gaming center operating under strict surveillance, more foreign radio broadcasts halted, and evolving North Korean IT worker tactics.
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Three things to read, from August 2025
This month’s NK TechLab reading list covers North Korea’s replacement of Chinese computers at government offices and intensifying crackdowns on information leakage.
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North Korea retargets radio jamming
North Korea retargeted its radio jamming operations after South Korea’s NIS stopped its broadcasts, now focusing on civilian-run stations like KBS and Voice of Freedom.
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North Korea Has Scored a Major Victory in the Battle Against Information
A dramatic reduction in foreign radio programming broadcast into North Korea has handed the regime an unexpected win in its decades-long war on outside information.
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North Korea’s Revised Radio Wave Control Law
A revised Radio Wave Control Law expands North Korea’s legal framework for censoring foreign broadcasts to cover computers and all electronic communications devices.
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New Satellite Could Provide Internet Access to North Korea…Someday
A new type of low-orbit satellite capable of connecting directly to smartphones could someday give North Koreans access to the uncensored internet.
