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There are so many jokes to be made about this country. I'm guilty as making them and finding them humorous. But there are people who live in this country, who can't escape, who are struck by fear, who are brainwashed, who know nothing of the outside world.

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That's getting less and less common. Apparently its really easy for North Koreans to get smuggled media from other countries, and a lot of the guards look the other way or take bribes. Most North Koreans probably realize how bad their situation is but don't say anything because they don't want to go to a labor camp.

Yeah! In Cuba there's a whole network of USB thumb drives with new content each week. It's pretty awesome.

Of course, you still need a computer. Is this sort of thing going on in NK as well?

That's my understanding. People there also obtain radios and listen to South Korean broadcasts, some of which contain anti-NK messages

Yes it is, but with some other challenges.

Redstar OS is a linux distribution which is distributed by the North Korean government. It has a system built in pretty deep which watermarks files. https://youtu.be/KTBemKiSgWI?t=1737

If the government gets a copy of the file from someone, they can to some degree trace back where else the file has been.

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