The phone was initially smuggled out of North Korea last year by the BBC, which reported on it in late May -- and it looks just like any other Android phone except for the waving North Korean flag ...

A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea has revealed the astonishing levels of control the secretive dictatorship is exercising over its people. The phone, which from the outside appears no ...

North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, is tightening the leash to stop the influence of South Korean media from crossing the border, where it's often smuggled on USB sticks and SD cards. As ...

A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea sheds light on how the regime tightly censors content. Measures include automatically replacing popular South Korean words with regime-approved terms and ...

A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea has revealed the astonishing levels of control the secretive dictatorship is exercising over its people. Anthony Blair New York Post. 3 min read.

A phone smuggled out of North Korea in 2024 by news organisation Daily NK reveals many shocking details of the Kim Jong-un’s controlling regime. Despite appearing like a regular, unassuming ...

They say fact is stranger than fiction. One book smuggled out of North Korea encapsulates both. Written by a dissident writer still living inside the country, "The Accusation; Forbidden Stories ...

A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea has revealed the astonishing extent of the regime’s surveillance tactics. The device automatically censors South Korean words, takes secret screenshots ...

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 ...

Inside Kim Jong-Un's North Korea as smuggled smartphone reveals new scary rule ... The device was sneakily transported out of the Hermit Kingdom by Daily NK, a Seoul-based news outlet, ...

Smartphone smuggled out of North Korea reveals the insane things Kim Jong Un does to control his ‘suffocated’ people By . Anthony Blair. Published June 1, 2025, 12:39 p.m. ET.