Why are North Koreans loving this RM180 forbidden device?


Citizens of North Korea, one of the world’s most oppressed countries, are turning to one simple revolutionary device to get their fix of foreign culture.

A portable media player is providing many North Koreans a window to the outside world despite the government’s efforts to keep its people isolated – a symbol of change in one of the world’s most repressed societies.

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