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London calling: News reports that the BBC was contemplating initiating a broadcast service aimed at North Korea got me thinking about a Clash-themed slave to the blog post. Obviously the more outside information that reaches North Korea the better, and given the US fiscal situation, it would be surprising if RFA got a big boost. [...]
A potentially major driver in North Korean societal change has been the regime’s eroding control over information. South Korea recently upgraded from analog to digital television broadcasts meaning loss of access by residents of North Korea’s Gangwon province. An unnamed source from the province told Daily NK last Sunday, “Those people who used to watch South [...]
Yesterday Intermedia released “A Quiet Opening” a study of North Korea’s changing media environment by Nat Kretchum and Jane Kim. I had the good fortune to be one of the discussants at the report’s release event, along with Martyn Williams of the NK Tech blog whose work we have often cited. It is an excellent [...]
Enough talking heads, already; what do The People have to say about the freeze? The Tea Party may appear like its in decline, but it sure appears regnant on the web. Here is a completely unscientific sample of responses to the ABC news coverage of the story. To be honest, we sympathize with a lot [...]
Not-so-strange bedfellows: Eritrea has wonderful people, fantastic architecture, great food, and one of the world’s most repressive governments. Now NATO has reportedly intercepted a North Korean ship bound for Eritrea carrying 15 tons of heavy weaponry worth $15 million in contravention of UN sanctions. Illicit arms trade is not all the two countries share in [...]
“They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don’t give you any choice ’cause they think that it’s treason.” Elvis Costello, “Radio, Radio” Yonhap cites an unnamed South Korean government source as saying the government of North Korea has begun to register or confiscate personal electronic devices, apparently fearing the spread [...]
