{"id":27080,"date":"2017-07-13T07:58:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T11:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27080"},"modified":"2017-07-13T07:58:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T11:58:04","slug":"radioworld-radio-reaches-blocked-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/radioworld-radio-reaches-blocked-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"RadioWorld: Radio Reaches Blocked Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: RadioWorld<\/a> via Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

International radio remains the most reliable, robust source of information for people in some nations<\/p>\n

North Korea is rated as the second most censored county in the world after Eritrea, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.<\/p>\n

North Koreans who are caught accessing information not approved and disseminated by the government can be sent to brutal prison camps for extended terms, or face execution.<\/p>\n

Yet such is the human hunger for reliable outside information, that many North Koreans brave these risks by tuning into international radio and cross-border TV broadcasts wherever practical.<\/p>\n

Many also watch banned South Korean TV programs on black market DVDs, SD cards, and USB sticks; plus computers and mobile phones smuggled in from China. (South Korean movies and soap operas are hugely popular in the North, according to the New York Times.)<\/p>\n

The conclusions they draw from this content are subsequently shared with other North Koreans by word-of-mouth; despite the fact that such sharers can get in serious trouble with the Kim Jong-Un regime.<\/p>\n

Read the full RadioWorld article:
\nhttp:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/global\/0007\/radio-reaches-blocked-countries\/339993<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: RadioWorld via Southgate ARC) International radio remains the most reliable, robust source of information for people in some nations North Korea is rated as the second most censored county in the world after Eritrea, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. North Koreans who are caught accessing information not approved and disseminated by the […]<\/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":[960,3,43],"tags":[83,1548,2616,3801,4655,84],"class_list":["post-27080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-censorship","tag-freedom-of-press","tag-press-freedom","tag-radioworld","tag-why-shortwave","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-72M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25275,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/radioworld-despite-fears-abc-shuts-down-shortwave-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":27080,"position":0},"title":"RadioWorld: Despite Fears, ABC Shuts Down Shortwave Broadcasts","author":"Thomas","date":"April 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RadioWorld) The ABC has turned off its shortwave radio transmitters, leaving Australians in remote areas without easy access to lifeline radio OTTAWA \u2014 On Jan. 31, state-owned Australian Broadcasting Corp. shut down its shortwave radio transmitters; ending both international broadcasts of Radio Australia and the ABC\u2019s domestic service in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NorthernTerritory-Australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26830,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/radioworld-free-ebook-propagation-analysis-for-profit\/","url_meta":{"origin":27080,"position":1},"title":"RadioWorld free eBook: Propagation Analysis for Profit","author":"Thomas","date":"July 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RadioWorld via Sheldon Harvey at the\u00a0International Radio Report) Latest Radio World eBook explores radio broadcast coverage tools and how to get the most out of them Broadcasters have endless \u201cwhat if\u201d questions about their radio station\u2019s signal. 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