Tag: mobile phones
Unauthorized communication: North Korea targets USIM-enabled smartwatches
The North Korean government has launched a crackdown on smuggled Chinese-made smartwatches that can connect to Chinese mobile networks using USIM cards. Authorities are...
North Korea’s iron fist: Harsh sentences for border communication
Around 30 North Koreans in Jagang province received harsh sentences for smuggling and using Chinese phones to contact the outside world, reflecting the regime's...
N. Korean remittance broker faces espionage charges after scam
A remittance broker in his 50s in Hoeryong was recently arrested by North Korean state security agents on espionage charges, Daily NK has learned.
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N. Korea’s digital iron curtain falls on workers in Russia
North Korea's digital iron curtain has fallen on its workers in Russia, with several forcibly repatriated for watching videos about defectors and life abroad....
N. Pyongan Province trading companies under government probe
The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea has been conducting intensive inspections of trading companies in North Pyongan Province.
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N. Koreans increasingly fined during random inspections of cell phones
As the North Korean government tightens controls on the use of the South Korean dialect, it is becoming more common for North Koreans to...
Freedom dash thwarted: N. Korean defectors arrested in China
A group of North Korean defectors in China has been detained by police while attempting to escape to South Korea, Daily NK has learned.
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Cash to Cards: North Korea’s rocky road to electronic finance
North Korean authorities have taken a number of measures to increase the use of debit cards and promote electronic payments and shopping since the...
N. Korea imposes strict controls on cell phone use among overseas...
North Korea is tightening cell phone controls on overseas workers as more laborers in Russia use unauthorized devices to access foreign information or plan...
Chinese police demand N. Korean defectors install facial recognition apps
Chinese police in some parts of Liaoning Province have recently stepped up surveillance of North Korean defectors by asking them to send daily selfies,...
