North Korean smartphone that was smuggled out shows the insane things Kim Jong Un is doing to control his people

Smuggled North Korean phone exposes four chilling differences to devices in rest of the world

Last year, the BBC smuggled a smartphone out of North Korea that showed shocking differences to our own devices

Smuggled North Korean Phone Reveals Extreme Censorship, Surveillance: "Screenshot Every 5 Min"

These devices are embedded with tools that aim to enforce the state's ideology, perpetuate the hate campaign against neighbouring South Korea.

North Korean smartphone that was smuggled out shows the insane things Kim Jong Un is doing to control his people

A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea would covertly take a screenshot every five minutes, storing the images in a secret folder which the user couldn't access, but which presumably were accessible to North Korean authorities.