Kim hyung sup biography of william

INTRODUCTION

Into the New Millennium

“Turn your eyes toward the world while having your feet grounded in your homeland!”¹ Introduced in 2009 and prominently displayed in public squares, above factory entrances, and in school hallways nationwide, this slogan captures the aspirations and paradoxes of North Korea in the twenty-first century. In a country where smugglers of foreign media can still face public execution,² how do North Korean citizens gain knowledge of the world—especially millennials, who are more prone to adopt new technology and whose lives are most acutely affected by the changing media landscape? What kinds of forbidden foreign media do millennials watch, and why do they watch them despite the grave risk? How does the North Korean state control information, and how do people navigate through the tricky waters of state control and surveillance?

Millennial North Korea explores divergent ways the state and the

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