There is zero tolerance for any independent journalists or broadcasts and furthermore all radios, television receivers and internet access is locked onto government specified frequencies. Not to mention that it is a serious offence to meddle with the sets to be able to hear radio or television frequencies from outside of North Korea or using a cell phone has been banned since 2004 (Zeller, 2006). All news that is broadcasted is positive and according to the media in North Korea, they have not ever suffered from famine or poverty and that citizens would sacrifice themselves for their leader (CPJ, n.d.). Additionally the government censoring North Korea, they also attempt to control other countries media information (Sargent, 2013). The Official Korean Central News Agency states that “leader Kim Jong II is so beloved that during a train explosion, members of the public ran into their houses, preferring to save the portraits of their ‘dear leader’ before their family members.…