A weblog by Rik Chilvers.

There is a danger North Korea is letting its 1984 fascination get carried away.

Televisions are set to receive only government stations. International radio signals are routinely jammed, and electricity is unreliable. Freestanding radios are illegal. But every North Korean household and business is outfitted with a government-controlled radio hardwired to a central station. The speaker comes with a volume control, but no off switch.

Source: The Atlantic.