Poker face: North Korea tries new strategy in crackdown on ‘bluffing’ and lying



Analysis Poker face: North Korea tries new strategy in crackdown on ‘bluffing’ and lying Penalties for poor performance and inability to fact check has made false reporting endemic, analysis of new law shows Peter Ward May 19, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Two North Korean men chatting in the street on Sept. 9, 2011 \| Image: Eric Lafforgue The Supreme People’s Assembly, North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, passed a new law against fraudulent reporting last year, and the recent publication of the full text makes clear that deceit has become a ubiquitous part of life in the DPRK. Literally translated as the Bluffing Prevention Act, the law seeks to outlaw lying in the country, a signal that a system with severe punishments for poor performance and where accurate information is difficult to obtain struggles with honest communication. An NK Pro analysis reveals: Bluffing has a formal legal definition of falsifying records Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01Elite absences hint at a North Korean power struggle ahead of party congress 02With Yoon’s exit, South Korea faces critical choices on North Korea strategy 03Tools of the trade: How North Korea launders billions in stolen cryptocurrency 04North Korea’s ‘new’ sniper rifle likely Austrian import or copy: Analysis 05North Korean ICBM factory upgrade project resumes, expands: Imagery 06Ruse or revolution? Analyzing North Korea’s new drone and AEW&C aircraft 07New construction underway near North Korean aircraft factories amid drone push 08What Americans think about travel to North Korea, 8 years after Warmbier’s death

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Poker face: North Korea tries new strategy in crackdown on ‘bluffing’ and lying

Penalties for poor performance and inability to fact check has made false reporting endemic, analysis of new law shows

Peter Ward May 19, 2023

Poker face: North Korea tries new strategy in crackdown on ‘bluffing’ and lying

Two North Korean men chatting in the street on Sept. 9, 2011 | Image: Eric Lafforgue

The Supreme People’s Assembly, North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, passed a new law against fraudulent reporting last year, and the recent publication of the full text makes clear that deceit has become a ubiquitous part of life in the DPRK.

Literally translated as the Bluffing Prevention Act, the law seeks to outlaw lying in the country, a signal that a system with severe punishments for poor performance and where accurate information is difficult to obtain struggles with honest communication.

An NK Pro analysis reveals:

Bluffing has a formal legal definition of falsifying records

01Elite absences hint at a North Korean power struggle ahead of party congress
02With Yoon’s exit, South Korea faces critical choices on North Korea strategy
03Tools of the trade: How North Korea launders billions in stolen cryptocurrency
04North Korea’s ‘new’ sniper rifle likely Austrian import or copy: Analysis
05North Korean ICBM factory upgrade project resumes, expands: Imagery
06Ruse or revolution? Analyzing North Korea’s new drone and AEW&C aircraft
07New construction underway near North Korean aircraft factories amid drone push
08What Americans think about travel to North Korea, 8 years after Warmbier’s death

Poker face: North Korea tries new strategy in crackdown on ‘bluffing’ and lying

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