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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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Publishing new North Korean laws
NK TechLab, a new project from 38 North, will be creating and publishing data obtained from North Korean technology that may be useful to scholars and researchers. Recently, the project gained access to a North Korean smartphone that included an app called “조선민주주의인민공화국 버저,” which is a database of North Korean laws current to mid-2024.…
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North Korea Revised its Space Law to Permit Military Use
North Korea revised its Space Development Law (우주개발법) in 2022 to allow for use of space for national defense purposes. Specifically, it removed sentences that previously committed to only peaceful uses of space and opposed the militarization of space and now threatens countermeasures on countries that attempt “unfriendly acts” on its space program. It expands…
