About the Author
Greg Noone
Greg Noone is a journalist based in London. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, New York magazine, and The LEAF Review.
Eric Lafforgue discovered the radio in September 2011, on the wall of a farmhouse north of Hamhung.
Although small and austere, with just a speaker and a turquoise dial for volume control, the device stood out for two reasons: firstly, it looked cemented to the wall and secondly, his guide told him that "people cannot turn off the system."