The thrust of the
report seems to be North Koreans have significantly greater access to outside
information through an increasing
variety of media devices, including foreign TV, DVD, radio, and TV, than they
did 20 yrs ago. The level of pervasiveness reached the point where North Korean
government loses the control over the outside information that is likely to be at
odds with its propaganda.
during Q&A session
Why don’t you make a
documentary about Korean War and distribute like Korean soap opera? – Kathryn Weathersby
at SAIS
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While Korean soap
opera like Winter Sonata is not political, a documentary about Korean War would
be perceived as political by North Korean government, which would lead to more
severe crackdown on media devices.
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Some doubt that North
Koreans will watch it.
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Allocation of limited resources.
Is it a wise option to allocate limited resources to create a documentary?
RFA started airing
radio since 1999; and in 2009 moved from Seoul to Chinese border
North Korean
government would not have acknowledged the failure of the latest missile test
if North Koreans had had access to outside information.
Panels
Marcus Noland, Deputy
Director and Senior Fellow, The Peterson Institute for International Economics
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(anybody who collects
and sends mass emails to North Koreans for propaganda or education purpose?) wrong person to ask, you have to ask Viagra or
mortgage sellers.
Martyn Williams,
Blogger, NorthKoreaTech.org, and Knight Journalism Fellow, Stanford University
