A mobile phone smuggled out of the country has now revealed fresh insights into how ... From radios to smartphones, communication devices in North Korea are pre-configured to receive only state ...

A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea has revealed the astonishing extent of the regime’s surveillance tactics. The device automatically censors South Korean words, takes secret screenshots ...

"Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people," North Korean tech expert Martyn Williams told the BBC. And it's working, Williams argued, with North ...

A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea has revealed the astonishing levels of control the secretive dictatorship is exercising over its people. The phone, which from the outside appears no ...

"Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people," Martyn Williams, a North Korean technology expert at the Stimson Center, told the BBC. He warned that ...

A contraband smartphone from North Korea has laid bare the chilling tactics employed by supreme leader Kim Jong Un to maintain his iron-clad grip over citizens. The seemingly innocuous handset is ...

A newly smuggled smartphone from North Korea has just offered us a glimpse at the unusual depth of the state’s control in its citizens’ daily life. This model is packed with restrictions and ...

Still, insight into daily life there is rare. North Korea has no formal diplomatic ... foreigners are allowed to bring qualifying mobile phones into the country and purchase a SIM card with ...

The Security Council Resolution 2397 draws no distinction between North Korea's regime and its citizens. South Korean officials emphasized that the smartphones would be prohibited regardless of ...

North Korea has publicly executed a 22-year-old man ... from wine glasses — all considered South Korean customs. Mobile phones are also frequently inspected for contact name spellings ...

sale and transfer of all industrial machinery to North Korea, and smartphones are prohibited items subject to the resolution," the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "Our ...