The world may lose its chance to bombard North Korea with information warfare



Columns The world may lose its chance to bombard North Korea with information warfare North Korea’s borders are not as porous to outside media as they used to be, and crackdowns appear to be underway Andrei Lankov April 8, 2021 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Republic of Korea Armed Forces \| ROK soldiers near the border in 2018 The following article is a column by Andrei Lankov, a professor at Kookmin University and a director at Korea Risk Group, which oversees NK News and NK Pro. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News. Contrary to popular belief, North Korea used to be a much more open society, with cheap DVD players full of South Korean dramas and foreign TV shows coming through the poorly-guarded border and then scattered about. Today’s North Korea doesn’t seem to be anything like that. In the late days of the © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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The world may lose its chance to bombard North Korea with information warfare

North Korea’s borders are not as porous to outside media as they used to be, and crackdowns appear to be underway

Andrei Lankov April 8, 2021

The world may lose its chance to bombard North Korea with information warfare

Republic of Korea Armed Forces | ROK soldiers near the border in 2018

The following article is a column by Andrei Lankov, a professor at Kookmin University and a director at Korea Risk Group, which oversees NK News and NK Pro. Views expressed in opinion articles and columns are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

Contrary to popular belief, North Korea used to be a much more open society, with cheap DVD players full of South Korean dramas and foreign TV shows coming through the poorly-guarded border and then scattered about.

Today’s North Korea doesn’t seem to be anything like that. In the late days of the

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