http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/28/money-in-socialist-economies-the-case-of-north-korea/ News and analysis of the North Korean economy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:43:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/28/money-in-socialist-economies-the-case-of-north-korea/#comment-183534 tibor gaal Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:24:59 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/28/money-in-socialist-economies-the-case-of-north-korea/#comment-183534 I disagree what they wrote about television. As a radio enthusiast I want to let you know that listening/viewing western media in Eastern European societies were illegal, however, who lived near to a western country they did it. For example my parents lived in western Hungary and we all listened OE3 radio (broadcasting western music) and we did seeing Austria's state-run television of ORF1 and ORF2 despite of they operated in PAL standards and former eastern bloc operated on SECAM television system. In radio former eeastern bloc used OIRT FM (66-73 MHz) while in the west they uses CCIR FM (87-108 MHz). In NOrth Korea, near to a foreign country, they can listen and see foreign media if they can buy radios/tv sets illegally, or they repair north korean-made sets in order to extend the broadcasting bands. May be some of you knows that north korean receivers are pretuned to the frequencies of state media and authorities can check your radio and tv sets. I think they can modify their sets as we did here in Hungary. But, it is more dangerous in the DPRK than it was here because state is more controlling there than it was in 1960s, 70s, and 80s here. In the 1950s stalinist era, listening to foreign station had a very serious consequence here in Hungary. At least some years in prison!!! I disagree what they wrote about television. As a radio enthusiast I want to let you know that listening/viewing western media in Eastern European societies were illegal, however, who lived near to a western country they did it. For example my parents lived in western Hungary and we all listened OE3 radio (broadcasting western music) and we did seeing Austria’s state-run television of ORF1 and ORF2 despite of they operated in PAL standards and former eastern bloc operated on SECAM television system. In radio former eeastern bloc used OIRT FM (66-73 MHz) while in the west they uses CCIR FM (87-108 MHz). In NOrth Korea, near to a foreign country, they can listen and see foreign media if they can buy radios/tv sets illegally, or they repair north korean-made sets in order to extend the broadcasting bands. May be some of you knows that north korean receivers are pretuned to the frequencies of state media and authorities can check your radio and tv sets. I think they can modify their sets as we did here in Hungary. But, it is more dangerous in the DPRK than it was here because state is more controlling there than it was in 1960s, 70s, and 80s here. In the 1950s stalinist era, listening to foreign station had a very serious consequence here in Hungary. At least some years in prison!!!

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