{"id":14683,"date":"2015-09-08T06:22:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T10:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14683"},"modified":"2015-09-08T06:22:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T10:22:58","slug":"the-vital-role-of-radio-in-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/the-vital-role-of-radio-in-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"The vital role of radio in North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"North-Korea-Propaganda\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Ulis, who recently shared a link to this story in the DailyNK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

In the case of loudspeaker broadcasts, which roiled the North, eventually leading to artillery fire, it can only be heard 25km into the North from the demilitarized zone, but in the case of radio broadcasts, many North Koreans can gain access, which is why it\u2019s believed to a play a larger role in psychological warfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter listening to the radio, I naturally found myself comparing things with the reality in North Korea,\u201d Chae Ga Yeon (50), a North Korean defector who used to enjoy tuning into radio broadcasts, told Daily NK on Wednesday. \u201cHaving learned about things that are different from state propaganda, I took on a more critical way of thinking toward the state, and I started to realize Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are not gods as the state claims. They started to look like average human beings,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who have tuned into broadcasts like these don\u2019t keep the information to themselves. They share it with others,\u201d Chae explained. \u201cThis makes other people listen in on the broadcasts as well, and they start being more critical against the state that is blocking out the information.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim Seong Yeob (45) is another escapee who also tuned into these broadcasts. \u201cNorth Korean broadcasts are not interesting since all they do is focus on idolization, so I enjoyed listening to South Korean broadcasts since they would share different news stories and air radio dramas as well,\u201d Kim said. \u201cThen I came to open my eyes to the false propaganda and developed this desire to learn more about society in North Korea and study it,\u201d he recalled.[…]<\/p>\n

Experts believe these broadcasts can expedite change in people\u2019s awareness in North Korea. Given that state dominance over information is the control mechanism used over North Koreans, they believe information from outside can deal a severe blow to the North Korean system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article at the DailyNK…<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Daily NK and Unification Media Group will post a series of nine\u00a0articles on the effects of broadcasts to North Korea. Check the DailyNK website for updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As we mentioned in a previous post<\/a>, the BBC has announced plans to broadcast to North Korea in the near future via shortwave. Bloomberg Business\u00a0reports, however, that these broadcasts may never happen<\/a> due to the potential for political backlash.<\/p>\n

To follow all of our North Korea posts, bookmark this tag<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Ulis, who recently shared a link to this story in the DailyNK. Here’s an excerpt: In the case of loudspeaker broadcasts, which roiled the North, eventually leading to artillery fire, it can only be heard 25km into the North from the demilitarized zone, but in the case of radio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3,1850,43,1167],"tags":[1871,474,4119,102,84],"class_list":["post-14683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-propaganda","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dprk","tag-north-korea","tag-propaganda","tag-why-radio","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3OP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14919,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/could-radio-be-a-catalyst-for-revolution-in-north-korea\/","url_meta":{"origin":14683,"position":0},"title":"Could radio be a catalyst for revolution in North Korea?","author":"Thomas","date":"September 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley for sharing this article from The Guardian. 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