Three million North Koreans now use the intra-country cell phone network called Koryolink. That may sound like progress, but that cell phone network is just "giving the North Korean government more control," according to a U.S. government-funded report from InterMedia, which assembled its findings based on responses from 34 North Korean defectors.
Why it matters: North Korea is trying to create "the appearance of development and modernization," but it's really seeking new ways to control its populace's media consumption. North Korea's surveillance state now goes "beyond what is observed even in other authoritarian states or closed media environments," the report said, and citizens are subject to monitoring from more than eight ministries and organizations.
Bill O'Reilly and Fox News have paid roughly $13 million over the years to women who've accused him of sexual harassment and verbal abuse, according to a new investigation by the New York Times' Emily Steel and Michael Schmidt.
O'Reilly's show raked in $446 million in advertising between 2014-16, and the host makes $18 million a year. Those who've received payments from Fox News or O'Reilly, per the NYT:
