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https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/DNKF00014501_List.png260200Amid heightened levels of surveillance and border control, an increasing number of North Koreans in the border areas are purchasing South Korean smartphones, which they perceive as more secure from detection by the authorities. “Most smugglers own mobile phones that enable them to communicate across the border, but recently an increasing number of residents are […]