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[-] areyoulessthan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

RFA story is almost certainly just a load of BS, the other one links back to here (not sure whether this is a DPRK-owned website or not as I can't read Korean)

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

From reading the articles I would conclude the following:

RFA, a US-funded asian 'news broadcaster', very likely has created this piece of propaganda as an attempt to use the popularity of the Squid Games to disseminate mis-information about North Korea

and

North Korea did pass a law that specifies death as a possible penalty for distributing South Korean content

So... everyone sucks.

[-] areyoulessthan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Oddly enough, I can't find much info on that law, there isn't even a Wikipedia article for it or anything

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

That NKnews site is also American. I thought that something like this would be easy to verify, so I have tried to find a bit more information, and according to this site:

https://www.38north.org/2021/11/north-korea-intensifies-war-against-foreign-influence/

While the text of the law was not made public outside of the North, anecdotal reports since indicate that this has prompted a widespread crackdown on foreign content and influence in the country.

So, perhaps it is not as simple.

[-] SovereignState@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah NKNews links back to RFA in a lot of cases, and they often just blatantly make shit up on their own w/ "unspecified sources"

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