Since 2021 · Information Access Program
For over a decade, we have worked to bring outside information to the people of North Korea — using balloons, printed material, and broadcast — in the belief that access to accurate information is a basic human right North Koreans have long been denied.
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What We Do
Since our founding, we have developed and deployed several methods for delivering information into North Korea. Below is a brief overview; a full technical and operational history is documented in our archive.
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GPS-guided balloons carrying printed materials and small items, timed and routed to reach specific areas inside North Korea.
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A plain-language booklet documenting the history of the Kim family and providing information about the outside world, written to be accessible to readers with limited outside exposure.
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Airborne audio broadcast equipment that reaches North Korean residents regardless of literacy.
Documented and Reported
Our work has been independently reported by international media, including field footage and interviews. A full archive is available on request.
Recent Analysis
Ongoing analysis of North Korean affairs, drawn from decades of direct research and field experience.
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A field account of an information delivery operation and what it reveals about conditions inside the country.
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Notes on how North Korean state media signals internal pressure — and what outside observers tend to miss.
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Why access to outside information functions less like a message and more like infrastructure for long-term change.
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Who We Are
The NK Reform & Openness Committee works to bring outside information to the people of North Korea. Our work is grounded in direct field experience and decades of research into North Korean society and state media.
Our director has worked on North Korean affairs since the early 1990s — as a researcher at the Research Institute for North Korea (1997–2007), and as director of a North Korea-focused broadcast program (2008–2025) — with a continued focus on information freedom and democratization inside North Korea.
Stay Informed
We welcome inquiries from journalists, researchers, and organizations interested in North Korean human rights and information access. If you would like to learn more about our work, please get in touch.
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