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Hackers and Social Networks: How North Koreans Are Accessing Foreign Information

Past
 Research Launch

  in Korean Peninsula

Join us for a discussion highlighting the work of two reports on North Korean information controls in North Korea. Martyn Williams will launch a new report that details the cat and mouse game played between the North Korean government and citizens over illicit consumption of information, and recent evidence of a more aggressive pushback by some citizens that appears to have worried the government. Peter Ward and Steven Denney will discuss their recently published report, based on interviews with over 300 escapees, about how foreign information is used and disseminated in North Korea and how the state’s information controls adapt accordingly.

  • April 27, 2022
  • 9:00–10:30 AM EDT

Featured Speakers

Martyn Williams, Fellow at Stimson Center and 38 North

Peter Ward, doctoral candidate at University of Vienna and contributor to NK Pro

Steven Denney, lecturer in the Department of East Asia Studies at the University of Vienna

Moderated by

Natalia Slavney, Research Associate at Stimson Center and Assistant Editor of 38 North

This event will be used to the launch the new report by Martyn Williams, “Project Reveal: New research into North Korea’s digital control system,” published by Lumen; and to highlight the recently published report by Peter Ward and Steven Denney, “Information Dissemination in North Korea: A Report for NGOs.”

Both reports were made possible by the generous support of the National Endowment for Democracy.

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