Defectors lift curtain on North Korea’s information blackout

Name: Defectors lift curtain on North Korea’s information blackout
Uploaded: 2016-12-18T17:54:05Z
Duration: P583S
Description: North Korea’s totalitarian government exercises tight control of all media consumed within its borders to maintain power over nearly 25 million citizens. But some who have escaped the country are waging an information war, smuggling media on USB sticks in hopes of helping North Koreans learn about life outside the country. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Karla Murthy reports.

Clip: 12/18/2016 | 9m 43s

North Korea’s totalitarian government exercises tight control of all media consumed within its borders to maintain power over nearly 25 million citizens. But some who have escaped the country are waging an information war, smuggling media on USB sticks in hopes of helping North Koreans learn about life outside the country. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Karla Murthy reports.

Aired: 12/18/16

Rating: NR

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