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 has revealed the astonishing levels of control the secretive dictatorship is exercising over its people. Anthony Blair New York Post. 3 min read.

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 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 ...

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 ...

The device shows that Kim Jong Un's regime is not only banning foreign media like South Korean TV dramas, but is also using tech to police the very language. A phone smuggled out of North Korea ...

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.