The rise of artificial intelligence technologies that can churn out huge volumes of text and craft fake images and videos is revolutionizing the efforts of countries like China and Russia to spread disinformation among their democratic rivals.

And as over 50 countries gear up for elections this year, including South Korea and the U.S., North Korea appears poised to similarly leverage generative AI to push out propaganda that can influence elections — from deep fakes to fake websites and more.

The DPRK traditionally relied on radio channels, websites and, more recently, social media to spread its