The device was smuggled out of North Korea by Daily NK, a Seoul-based media outlet specializing in North Korean affairs. After examining the phone, the BBC confirmed that the censorship mechanisms ...

A smuggled phone has revealed the extreme extent of North Korea's censorship under Kim Jong Un, where everything South Korean is banned, phones autocorrect words, internet access is blocked, and ...

A two-way phone line connects representatives of both North and South Korea for logistical and diplomatic purposes. It is normally used twice daily – at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Phone calls and internet activity are monitored by ‘Bureau 27’ in North Korea’s State Security Department. The unit specialises in covert intelligence, and uses sophisticated equipment to detect ...

Samsung smartphones provided to North Korean Olympic athletes may have gone missing during the 2024 Paris Games.. On Thursday, South Korean officials alerted the U.N. Security Council that Samsung ...

North Korea has reportedly punished 30 citizens for contacting the outside world. A woman uses her mobile phone as she and other pedestrians walk outside the Pyongyang Railway Station on February 20.

North Korea did not participate in the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021 because of a self-imposed COVID-19 lockdown, and the IOC then barred the country from participating in the 2022 Winter ...