<ul><li>A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea reveals the extent of government surveillance and control over its citizens.</li><li>The phone has automatic censorship features, replacing words like 'oppa' with 'comrade' and 'South Korea' with 'puppet state'.</li><li>The device takes screenshots every 5 minutes, storing them in a hidden folder for authorities to monitor user activity.</li><li>Smartphone usage in North Korea is tightly controlled, with devices unable to access the global internet and subject to intense government surveillance.</li></ul>

In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance

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