Over the past week, North Korea has systematically dismantled its propaganda and organizational apparatus targeting the South, in apparent response to Kim Jong Un’s call for a “decisive” change in inter-Korean policy and his rejection of unification.

In this purge of all things inter-Korean since last Thursday, the DPRK has taken externally hosted propaganda sites offline, halted broadcasts of radio stations transmitting to South Korea and announced the dissolution of prominent ROK-facing entities 

Experts have suggested the drastic measures could herald a revamping of North Korea’s approach to external messaging, and Pyongyang could