A North Korean spy has been sentenced to death just for Googling Kim Jong-un.
A North Korean spy has been sentenced to death for Googling Kim Jong-un.
Internet access is strictly controlled in the ‘hermit kingdom’ of North Korea, so-called for its isolation from the rest of the world and the quasi-religious cult of personality surrounding the nation’s leader, with even top-level intelligence figures unable to get online without prior approval. Greg Scarlatoiu, director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, said the purge speaks to how the regime is increasingly struggling to maintain its iron grip on the flow of information into the country.
Experts say the Kim Jong-un regime’s iron grip on the flow of information into North Korea is weakening
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