April 25, 2024
Analysis

Defection starts with reform radio

Devices acquired on the black market expose Northerners to outside ideas

“This is the living proof that North Koreans are strongly intent on learning about the outside world.”

So said Kim Seung-chul, representative of North Korea Reform Radio, in showing the North Korean Homemade Radio to the public.

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