Adult content is banned in North Korea as Kim Jong-un’s regime closely monitors internet usage, with those lucky enough to have access only able to view 28 websites – none of them pornographic
Kim Jong-un’s soldiers have reportedly become addicted to pornography since arriving in Russia to fight for Vladimir Putin.
Repressive North Korea monitors and outlaws huge sections of the internet, including adult content. Though Russia also censors content like Pornhub, there are several unmonitored sites that the soldiers will be accessing.
One commentator claims the North Korean soldiers are “gorging” on porn after being unleashed into a very different society.
While in power, Kim Jong-un has repeatedly cracked down on internet use, to the point that only the select few are allowed access, and have to get prior authorisation to use it.
The most-recent probe into internet usage in the country was in 2016, when it was discovered there were only 28 websites that could be accessed, the majority of them spouting state propaganda.
Though more recent details are unavailable, it’s widely understood that internet pornography is impossible to access.
Gideon Rachman, a Financial Times journalist, wrote on Twitter: “A usually reliable source tells me that the North Korean soldiers who have deployed to Russia have never had unfettered access to the internet before. As a result, they are gorging on pornography.”
Like Kim, Vladimir Putin’s regime also censors online material, with the tyrant banning leading sites like PornHub and YouPorn back in 2016, and regulators proposing a ban on all adult material back 2021. The watchdog claimed it would protect underage internet users
However, it’s believed that soldiers can still find a way around these content blocks to access raunchy material. They will also have got a glimpse of independent news sites.
A Ukrainian company Baydachenko started buying ad space on Russian websites in 2022 so they could link Russians to independent news sources in the hopes of showing them behind the veil of Putin’s propaganda. The plot involved running ads on Russian porn sites.
Last week, North Korea confirmed that dictator Kim Jong Un “gave the order” to bail out Vladimir Putin by sending North Korean troops to fight in Putin’s “holy war” against Ukraine.
The troop deal was confirmed at a meeting between North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui and the Kremlin’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. More than 10,000 North Korean troops are reported to be deployed to Russia, with some already in the area of operations.
The Pyongyang envoy said: “From the very beginning of the special military operation, respected comrade Chairman of State Affairs Kim Jong Un gave the order that we, without looking over our shoulder at anyone, should invariably and powerfully support and provide assistance to the Russian army and the Russian people in their holy war.”