Why a private US citizen decided to take down North Korea’s internet on his own

It only took one man to shut down North Korea’s internet in one fell swoop and expose the country’s frail digital infrastructure in early 2022, but the mysterious figure behind the attacks now says the hard part came later — when he tried to convince the U.S. government that what he was doing was right. […]

Settling in Seoul: A North Korean surfs the internet for the first time

“Settling in Seoul” is an NK News series in which North Korean defectors share their experiences adapting to life in South Korea. Jin — who was born and raised in North Korea and lived there until she defected in 2014 — writes about using the internet for the first time after she resettled in South […]