{"id":14919,"date":"2015-09-22T06:52:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T10:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14919"},"modified":"2015-09-22T06:52:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T10:52:26","slug":"could-radio-be-a-catalyst-for-revolution-in-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/could-radio-be-a-catalyst-for-revolution-in-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Could radio be a catalyst for revolution in North Korea?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard Langley for sharing this article from The Guardian<\/a>. The following is an excerpt:<\/p>\n

Kim Cheol-su, who was born in Pyongsong City and defected from North Korea last year, says that up to 30-40% of DPRK citizens now listen to pirate radio, and that listening to the broadcasts made him realise the true nature of Kim Jong-un\u2019s dictatorship.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a roundtable discussion on the implications of the broadcasts in Seoul \u2013 and of the North\u2019s thundering reaction \u2013 he said: \u201cChildren know that Kim Jong-un weighs more than 100kg. It\u2019s because they are repeating what they hear from their parents, who listen to these foreign programmes.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the majority of North Korean citizens, desperate for news of the outside world, listen to the propaganda broadcasts which fan the flames of their doubt about the regime. The majority of those who flee to the South do so after hearing the broadcasts, he claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore listening to the broadcasts, the citizens have no idea. But after they hear them, they realise the fact that the regime is deceiving people. They share what they have heard with their neighbours and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim also highlighted the fact that he heard about the Arab Spring movement through the broadcasts, and learned of the death of Libya\u2019s former president, Muammar Gaddafi. \u201cIf the UN were to guarantee for us, as they did for Libya, help in opposing the regime, I believe that we would revolt as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kim said lot of people listen to Radio Free Asia, as it comes in the clearest. \u201cPersonally, there were some programmes I liked on Open Radio for North Korea, so I used to tune in to those as well. However, short, one-hour programs were easy to miss. They were often finished by the time I found the frequency they were on.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the contents of the broadcasts, Kim said having defectors talk freely about their lives was the best approach, and that programmes should include information on how to defect, offering examples of the kind of support and policies that exist for defectors in the South.<\/p>\n

Read the full article at The Guardian online<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley for sharing this article from The Guardian. The following is an excerpt: Kim Cheol-su, who was born in Pyongsong City and defected from North Korea last year, says that up to 30-40% of DPRK citizens now listen to pirate radio, and that listening to the broadcasts made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,1850,43,1167],"tags":[3684,1871,474,1135,1050,1529,4241],"class_list":["post-14919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-propaganda","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-bbc-north-korea","tag-dprk","tag-north-korea","tag-north-korea-radio","tag-north-korea-shortwave","tag-radio-free-asia","tag-rfa-north-korea"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3SD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14683,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/the-vital-role-of-radio-in-north-korea\/","url_meta":{"origin":14919,"position":0},"title":"The vital role of radio in North Korea","author":"Thomas","date":"September 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Ulis, who recently shared a link to this story in the DailyNK. 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