SAN FRANCISCO – An idea to distribute miniaturized satellite dishes capable of receiving South Korean TV broadcasts won the world’s first North Korea “hackathon” event on Sunday.

The event – judged by a mixture of defectors, human rights activists, and technology experts – saw eight teams present technology-focused proposals to disrupt Pyongyang’s monopoly on the control of information.

Ranging from ideas that involved the use of catapults to launch media across borders – to ideas focused on emerging technologies such as mesh-networking and blast data transmission, the “hackathon” was ultimately won by the youngest team to participate in the event.