Analysis How North Korea sabotaged the democratic ideals of the Information RevolutionThe world’s least wired country has become one of the greatest hacking threats, requiring cooperation on cyber defense The Information Revolution has transformed the human condition, connecting people across the globe and putting a superabundance of knowledge a few keystrokes or clicks away. It has also, somewhat counterintuitively, further divided the two Koreas. Whereas the South is one of the most wired countries on Earth, the North is the polar opposite, and the stark contrast underlines how ideological and idiosyncratic the Information Revolution has been in the DPRK, as well as the serious cybersecurity implications resulting from this. North Korea has adapted to the Information Age in the most North Korean way possible © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |