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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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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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Digital Surveillance in North Korea: Moving Toward a Digital Panopticon State
As digital technology spreads through North Korea, it is simultaneously improving daily life and enabling an ever more comprehensive system of state surveillance.
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North Korea’s Koryolink: Built for Surveillance and Control
Internal meeting minutes reveal that state surveillance was the North Korean government’s top priority when designing the Koryolink mobile network in 2008.
