WSJ Tests Smartphone Smuggled Out of North Korea

We Tested a Smartphone Smuggled From North Korea

Watch WSJ’s Dasl Yoon explore a North Korean smartphone that looks familiar at first glance, until she reveals some sinister features

Smuggled North Korean Phone Reveals Extreme Censorship, Surveillance: "Screenshot Every 5 Min"

These devices are embedded with tools that aim to enforce the state's ideology, perpetuate the hate campaign against neighbouring South Korea.

North Koreans turn to underground app for banned information

A Hamhung student was caught using illicit software for foreign data, as North Korea hunts sellers and cracks down on distribution networks.

See what it’s like to use a North Korean smartphone under Kim Jong Un

North Koreans are banking, getting makeup tutorials and using period trackers on their phones. But under Kim, these digital comforts are also tools of control.