Reading about daily life in North Korea

[gabeana]

there is no internet, but is there underground internet? don't even know if that is a thing, but have to believe there are some regular N.Koreans have access to the outside world,
does anyone know? I've been looking for such info

[Lint Head]

1. There is hacking so there must be some form of internet.

[dewsgirl]

2. I believe the hacking is within their government, not your average citizen.

[gabeana]

3. I do rember reading that baloons flying over north Korea from south korea were

dropping with usb's/ flash drives
can't remember where I saw that

[Leith]

4. No, There Isn't

I saw a documentary a few months ago about NK. In one scene, the North Koreans made a big show about how their office workers used PCs - but they made the mistake of letting them film the screens - all blank. There were no lights on in the room. A government office didn't have electricity.

If North Koreans had freedom of internet, TV, radio, news from the outside world, I think that they would rather live like South Koreans. As it is, they don't even know where Gangnam is, let alone what style it has.

[politicaljunkie41910]

11. I saw a report on NK not too long ago, as well. I recall that they said that a lot more video

movies were being smuggled in from SK and the government knew about them. (This is where they learn about the world outside of NK.) The documentary said that the government knew about the problem but had made a decision to ignore it for now. I guess the people who viewed these movies got some enjoyment in their miserable lives from the bootledge movies, not anger so the NK let it go for now. Perhaps when they start embedding food commercials in the movies and they find out that the people eat well in SK, that will be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. There are some books out there that are quite eye opening.

Do a google search. I read "Nothing to Envy" and it was astonishing. I need to read some others.

[gabeana]

6. Thanks for the info

I just ordered the book

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Oh, good.

And if you do the google search you'll find others. I've only read the one, although I really, really should read more.

So many books, so little time. sigh

[Kablooie]

8. I think a few in the government elite have real internet available.

And I read that tourists also have access to the real internet.
Someone there has to have it to publish the North Korean news and monitor what's being said about them.

I also heard there is a separate North Korea only propaganda based internet for the upper class Koreans.

[JI7]

9. the problem with NK is the lack of access for outsiders who want to go in

people are controlled from both ends.

in many other countries with limited freedoms it's not as controlled so it's easier to get things in and out.

but NK is different.

[BigmanPigman]

10. CNN did a show about in American journalist visiting NK

last week. The citizens are brainwashed and poor. The propaganda begins at birth and reminded me of Nazi Germany and the USSR. They are completely closed off from the rest of the world. Here is the link.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/09/asia/north-korea-secret-state/