FHRNK: Cold War agitprop in the age of social media – NKNews Podcast ep. 7

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In this episode of the “North Korea News Podcast,” we switched gears from the buzz of inter-Korean and DPRK-U.S. developments to discuss something a little more leftfield: a mysterious social network of agitprop cartoons and animations critical of the Kim Jong Un regime that have appeared in certain parts of the internet over the last few years.
Jacco Zwetsloot sat down with our very own Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O’Carroll to discuss his months-long investigation into this social media project that has possible government backing and how he first came across these strange cartoons, what they mean, and why they continue to pop up on Twitter and Instagram feeds.
“Its sole purpose seems to be to create online materials that are widely shared by people on social media, that are very critical about North Korea’s human rights record and also in particular about Kim Jong Un,” O’Carroll said.
“What was striking was that despite this steady stream of professionally-produced graphics, cartoons, videos, animations, there was almost no effort whatsoever to promote this stuff.”
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