North Korea not sending spy messages via Youtube channel, researcher says

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North Korea not sending spy messages via Youtube channel, researcher says

YouTube channel at heart of Yonhap story is actually run from Mexico, Martyn Williams says

Chad O'Carroll August 29, 2020

North Korea not sending spy messages via Youtube channel, researcher says

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North Korea is not sending "encrypted spy messages" via a Youtube channel allegedly linked to its state radio, researcher Martyn Williams told NK News on Sunday, despite South Korean media reports stating otherwise.

On Saturday, Yonhap News Agency reported that a DPRK-managed channel had recently "broadcast a series of mysterious numbers, presumed to be an encrypted message to its spies," claiming the video marked the first time Pyongyang had used YouTube to send "apparently coded messages" online.

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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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