Re:A coded message from the Democratic People's Republic of ...
by rethab on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:33AM
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What is this? Can somebody please explain?
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Re:A coded message from the Democratic People's Republic of ...
by scoopertrooper on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:55AM
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North Korea supposedly still uses numbers stations to contact infiltrators. Though, they may just keep the stations as a way to ratchet up tensions with South Korea, given that numbers stations are a bit anachronistic. Who knows! It's interesting though.
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200829002300315
https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Cod...
They've done it before as well (better source + more detail, but less current):
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/world/asia/north-korea-sp...
Re:A coded message from the Democratic People's Republic of ...
by me_me_me on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @08:42AM
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Numbers stations are really cool. Its kinda sad to see them slowly fade away.
Re:A coded message from the Democratic People's Republic of ...
by neurobashing on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:46AM
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it _seems_ to be someone's "open-source intelligence" documentation of NK comms; numbers stations and other secret communications. There also seems to be some propaganda mixed in, with the implication it's also somehow tradecraft.