North Korean defector fights Pyongyang with thumbdrive-laden balloons (opens in new tab)

(arstechnica.com)

5 pointsmrmaddog12y ago2 comments

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I have a feeling that almost nobody in North Korea would even know what a USB drive was, let alone have a computer to read it with. Sending small amounts of currency/printed text sounds more viable.

f00_12y ago

From what I understand there is actually a lot of penetration from the outside world, much of which is in the form of entertainment. And the article does talk about sending pamphlets.

PBS released a documentary about NK in January, a portion of which is with this guy. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-state-of-nort...

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codezero12y ago

I have a feeling that almost nobody in North Korea would even know what a USB drive was, let alone have a computer to read it with. Sending small amounts of currency/printed text sounds more viable.

f00_12y ago

From what I understand there is actually a lot of penetration from the outside world, much of which is in the form of entertainment. And the article does talk about sending pamphlets.

PBS released a documentary about NK in January, a portion of which is with this guy. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-state-of-nort...

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